Definition of Oblatory

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to oblation; oblational ¹

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Definition of Oblatory

1. oblation [adj] - See also: oblation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oblatory

oblanceolate leaf
oblast
oblasti
oblasts
oblate
oblately
oblateness
oblatenesses
oblates
oblati
oblational
oblationer
oblationers
oblations
oblative
oblatory (current term)
oblatration
oblatrations
oblatum
oblectation
oblectations
obley
obleys
oblig'd
obligable
obligant
obligants
obligate
obligate aerobe
obligate anaerobe

Literary usage of Oblatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1864)
"Upon this point L'Estrange says—" Plain it is that our Church intended a double offering, one eleemosynary, alms for the poor ; another, oblatory, ..."

2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"... which he makes to commence with the ' Sursum Corda,' thus excluding what we call the Prayer for the Church militant from the oblatory action. ..."

3. A History of the Nonjurors: Their Controversies and Writings: with Remarks by Thomas Lathbury (1845)
"A fourth thing is specified, namely, the Restoration of the oblatory Prayer, ... Collier's view of this prayer is thus stated : " The oblatory Prayer goes ..."

4. The Church and the World: Essays on Questions of the Day by Orby Shipley (1866)
"The Proper and Daily Prefaces which formerly concluded the oblatory division of the Liturgy, and naturally came immediately before, as a preface to the ..."

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