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ˈɒb leɪt, ɒˈbleɪtoblate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. oblateadjective

    a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life

  2. oblate, pumpkin-shapedadjective

    having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Oblateadjective

    Flatted at the poles. Used of a spheroid.

    Etymology: oblatus, Latin.

    By gravitation bodies on this globe will press towards its center, though not exactly thither, by reason of the oblate spheroidical figure of the earth, arising from its diurnal rotation about its axis. George Cheyne, Phil. Prin.

Wikipedia

  1. Oblate

    In Christianity (especially in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Methodist traditions), an oblate is a person who is specifically dedicated to God and to God's service. Oblates are individuals, either laypersons or clergy, normally living in general society, who, while not professed monks or nuns, have individually affiliated themselves with a monastic community of their choice. They make a formal, private promise (annually renewable or for life, depending on the monastery with which they are affiliated) to follow the Rule of the Order in their private lives as closely as their individual circumstances and prior commitments permit. Such oblates are considered an extended part of the monastic community; for example, Benedictine oblates also often include the post-nominal letters 'OblSB' or 'ObSB' after their names on documents. They are comparable to the tertiaries associated with the various mendicant orders. The term "oblate" is also used in the official name of some religious institutes as an indication of their sense of dedication.

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  1. oblate

    Oblate generally refers to an object or form that is shaped like a sphere but is compressed or flattened at the poles and widened at the equator. This term is mostly used in the field of physics and geography to describe the shape of the planets like Earth. In the context of religion, oblate can also refer to a person who is dedicated to a monastic life.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Oblateadjective

    flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid

  2. Oblateadjective

    offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n

  3. Oblateadjective

    one of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates

  4. Oblateadjective

    one of the Oblati

  5. Etymology: [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see Ob-) + latus borne, for tlatus. See Tolerate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Oblate

    ob-lāt′, n. a secular person devoted to a monastery, but not under its vows, esp. one of the Oblate Fathers or Oblate Sisters: one dedicated to a religious order from childhood, or who takes the cowl in anticipation of death: a loaf of altar-bread before its consecration.—n. Oblā′tion, act of offering: anything offered in worship or sacred service, esp. a eucharistic offering: an offering generally.—Great oblation, the solemn offering or presentation in memorial before God of the consecrated elements, as sacramentally the body and blood of Christ; Lesser oblation, the offertory. [L. oblatus, offered up.]

  2. Oblate

    ob-lāt′, adj. flattened at opposite sides or poles: shaped like an orange.—ns. Oblate′ness, flatness at the poles; Oblate′-spher′oid, a spherical body flattened at the poles. [L. oblatus, pa.p. of offerre, to offer—ob, against, ferre, to bring.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. oblate

    Compressed or flattened.

Entomology

  1. Oblate

    flattened; applied to a spheroid of which the diameter is shortened at two opposite ends.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of oblate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of oblate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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