oblate.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
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).
Designating a person who is an oblate, of or belonging to an order of oblates.
an Oblate Father
Where this word comes from
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).
Flattened or depressed at the poles.
The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin oblātus, from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + lātus (“broad, wide”), (modeled after prōlātus (“extended, lengthened”)).
To offer as either a gift or an oblation.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of offer.
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