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1. (adj.) oblate
flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis
2. (n.) oblate
a person serving and living in a monastery but not under monastic rule or full monastic vows.
Etymology: (1860–65; < ML oblātus, L: offered, ptp. of offerre to offer)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) oblate
a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
2. (adj) oblate, pumpkin-shaped
having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
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1. (adj) oblate
flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid
2. (adj) oblate
offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n
3. (adj) oblate
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. (adj) oblate
one of the Oblati
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