oblate

oblate
oblate1
oblately, adv.
/ob"layt, o blayt"/, adj.
flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate). See diag. under prolate.
[1695-1705; < NL oblatus lengthened, equiv. to L ob- OB- + (pro)latus PROLATE]
oblate2
/ob"layt, o blayt"/, n.
1. a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
2. a lay member of any of various Roman Catholic societies devoted to special religious work.
[1860-65; < ML oblatus, suppletive ptp. of offerre to OFFER]

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      (from Latin oblatus, “one offered up”), in Roman Catholicism, a lay person connected with a religious order or institution and living according to its regulations; a minor dedicated by his parents to become a monk according to the Benedictine Rule; or a member of either the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) or the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales (O.S.F.S.).

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