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oblate

noun
/ˈɒbleɪt/UK/ˈɑbleɪt/US

Etymology

From French oblat and its source, Ecclesiastical Latin oblātus (“person dedicated to religious life”), nominalization of oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō (“to offer”); see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

  1. derived from oblātus
  2. derived from oblat

Definitions

  1. A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order…

    A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.

  2. A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or…

    A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.

    • 2007, The Venerable Bede started as an oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19

  3. Designating a person who is an oblate, of or belonging to an order of oblates.

    • an Oblate Father
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Flattened or depressed at the poles.

      • The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
      • Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange?
      • ’Tis prolate, still,’ with a long dejected Geordie O. ‘Isn’t it…?’ ‘I’m an Astronomer,– trust me, ’tis gone well to oblate.’

    2. To offer as either a gift or an oblation.

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