Oblati
[Noun plural]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.
2. A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery.
Oblation
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Any thing offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.
Oblation
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. The act of offering, or of making an offering.
2. Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.
3. A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the
eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.
One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence.