| 单词 |
oflete |
| 释义 |
ˈoflete Obs.
Forms: 1 oflǽte, -láte, -léte, (ofeléte), 2 ouelete, (3 ouelote), 9 of(f)lete.
[mod. ad. OE. oflǽte, -láte wk. fem., ad. eccl. L. oblāta, n. use of fem. pa. pple. of offerre to offer; cf. O.Icel. obláta, oblát, OHG. oblâta (Ger. oblate), and see obley. (If the old word had survived, its mod. form would have been ov(e)let, or owlet.)]
1. An offering, sacrifice, oblation.
c825Vesp. Psalter I. 21 Ðonne ðu onfoest onseᵹdnisse rehtwisnisse oflatan. c1000Ags. Ps. xxxix. 6 Noldest þu na offrunga and oflata nane. a1300E.E. Psalter ibid., Offrand and ouelote wald þou noght se. [1881T. E. Bridgett Hist. Holy Eucharist I. 167 A pure oflete or oblation.]
2. A sacramental wafer; a wafer generally.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 174 Benedictus..asende ane ofeletan, and het mid þære mæssian for ðam mynecenum. c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 42 Wið weorh man sceal niman .vii. lytle oflætan swylce man mid ofrað & writtan þas naman on ælcre oflætan. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 97 Erest it beð ouelete..and efter..turneð þe bred to fleis. [1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. vii. 268 The offlete or bread for the oblation. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers I. ii. 156 Instead of ofletes these [altar] Breads came to be called by the name either of ‘Obley’, or of ‘singing-bread’. 1884A. J. Butler Anc. Copt. Ch. II. 50 The Greek rubric sanctions the use of a napkin or corporal to fan the oflete. ] |
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