oblate

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒbleɪt/ (or IPA(key): /ɒˈbleɪt/ for adjective) (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑbleɪt/ Rhymes: (UK adjective) -eɪt === Etymology 1 === From French oblat and its source, Ecclesiastical Latin oblātus (“person dedicated to religious life”), nominalization of oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō (“to offer”); see -ate (noun-forming suffix). ==== Noun ==== oblate (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. A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house. 2007, The Venerable Bede started as an oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19 ==== Adjective ==== oblate (not comparable) (chiefly capitalized) Designating a person who is an oblate, of or belonging to an order of oblates. an Oblate Father ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Late Latin oblātus, from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + lātus (“broad, wide”), (modeled after prōlātus (“extended, lengthened”)). ==== Adjective ==== oblate (comparative more oblate, superlative most oblate) Flattened or depressed at the poles. ===== Antonyms ===== prolate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== oblatum ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== equidimensional === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Latin oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of offer. ==== Verb ==== oblate (third-person singular simple present oblates, present participle oblating, simple past and past participle oblated) (rare) To offer as either a gift or an oblation. ===== Related terms ===== === Anagrams === boatel, lobate == French == === Adjective === oblate (plural oblates) oblate === Noun === oblate f (plural oblates) oblate == Italian == === Adjective === oblate feminine plural of oblato === Anagrams === balteo, belato, lobate == Latin == === Participle === oblāte vocative masculine singular of oblātus