oblation

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Then U Nu handed over to newspaper editors two trunks containing his personal effects, and poured an oblation of fresh water in the Buddhist ritual that accompanies an act of charity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Purdue dedicated her new Rossade Bowl at Lafayette, Ind., serving up Indiana University as the charred oblation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kneeling, she removed her Crown and offered the oblation which custom demands of monarchs: "An ingot or wedge of gold, of a pound weight," and "a pall or altar cloth."

From Time Magazine Archive

Equation A8 adjusted for Earth’s west-to-east rotation and oblation.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

They led us to their Temple in a line; And Nefrekepta gave ox, goose, and wine, And brought to Isis and Harpocrates Rite and oblation and all dues divine.

From The Story of Nefrekepta from a demotic papyrus by Murray, Gilbert