different between gathering vs oblation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ.ð?.???/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather +? -ing (verbal noun ending).

Noun

gathering (plural gatherings)

1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

2. A group of people or things.

3. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

4. A charitable contribution; a collection.
5. (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Translations

Further reading

• gathering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Section (bookbinding) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather +? -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

gathering

1. present participle of gather

Adjective

gathering (not comparable)

1. That gathers together

Derived terms

• data-gathering
• evidence-gathering

Anagrams

• nightgear

English

Etymology

From Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Latin obl?ti? (“offering”), from offer? (“I offer, present”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ble???n/, /??ble???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /o??ble???n/, /???ble???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

oblation (plural oblations)

1. The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
   • 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:

     whatever she judged proper for the oblation of the approaching night.
2. (by extension) A deed or gift offered charitably.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• boltonia, lobation

Middle English

Noun

oblation

1. Alternative form of oblacioun