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plural oblates or oblati
(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. examples
A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house. examples
comparative more oblate, superlative most oblate
Flattened or depressed at the poles. quotations examples
Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange?
1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […]
third-person singular simple present oblates, present participle oblating, simple past and past participle oblated
To offer as either a gift or an oblation. examples