oblate
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Etymology 1 [edit]
From French oblat and its source, post-classical Latin oblatus ‘person dedicated to religious life’, a noun use of the past participle of offerre ‘to offer’.
Noun [edit]
oblate (plural oblates)
- (Roman Catholic Church) 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.
- 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
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Late Latin oblātus (oblatus), from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + latus (“broad, wide”), (modelled after prolatus (“extended, lengthened”)).
Adjective [edit]
oblate (comparative more oblate, superlative most oblate)
- Flattened or depressed at the poles.
- 1922: Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? — James Joyce, Ulysses
- 1997: ‘ ’Tis prolate, still,’ with a long dejected Geordie O. ‘Isn’t it…?’ ‘I’m an Astronomer,– trust me, ’tis gone well to oblate.’ — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
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Adjective [edit]
oblate f
- Feminine plural form of oblato
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Participle [edit]
oblāte
- vocative masculine singular of oblātus
