noun, adj, verb — 5 senses
UK /ˈɒbleɪt/ · US /ˈɑbleɪt/
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).
Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism 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.
A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
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).
Capitalized Designating a person who is an oblate, of or belonging to an order of oblates.
Etymology Borrowed from Latin oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of offer.
Rare To offer as either a gift or an oblation.
Etymology From Late Latin oblātus, from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + lātus (“broad, wide”), (modeled after prōlātus (“extended, lengthened”)).
Flattened or depressed at the poles.
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