On this altar they burn small wax-lights, and offer up oblations of meat and drink.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
Baldwin therefore understood that it was his duty to erect a chapel for her reception, and he accordingly built that which is now standing, and made a donation of the edifice to the Bishop of Bayeux, whose successor receives the mass-pennies and oblations at this very day.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
Thus he won, through all the nations, Bloodless victories, and the farmer Bore, as trophies and oblations, Vines for banners, ploughs for armor.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow