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oblate
n. lay person who has committed himself to the service of a religious community (chiefly in the Roman Catholic Church)
 
adj. flattened at polar regions (like the earth)

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Oblate
An oblate in Christian monasticism (especially Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican) is a person who is specifically dedicated to God or to God's service. Currently, oblate has two meanings:
  • 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 life as closely as their individual circumstances and prior commitments permit. Such oblates do not constitute a separate religious order as such, but are considered an extended part of the monastic community. They are comparable to the tertiaries associated with the various Orders of friars.
  • "Oblate" is also used in the official name of some religious institutes as an indication of their sense of dedication.

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oblate
Noun
1. a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
(hypernym) religionist, religious person
Adjective
1. having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
(synonym) pumpkin-shaped
(antonym) prolate, watermelon-shaped
(see-also) rounded


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Oblate (die)
nf. wafer, bite-size piece of unleavened bread taken during the Eucharist (Christianity); biscuit, waffle

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Oblate
(a.)
One of the Oblati.
  
 
(a.)
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.
  
 
(a.)
Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n.
  
 
(a.)
Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.
  

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