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Webster 1913 Edition
Oblate
Ob-late′
,Adj.
1.
(Geom.)
Flattened or depressed at the poles;
as, the earth is an
. oblate
spheroid2.
Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; – used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See
Oblate
, Noun.
Oblate ellipsoid
or
Oblate spheroid
(Geom.)
, a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with
prolate spheroid
. See Ellipsoid of revolution
, under Ellipsoid
.Ob-late′
,Noun.
[From ]
Oblate
, Adj.
(R. C. Ch.)
(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.
(b)
One of the Oblati.
Webster 1828 Edition
Oblate
OBLA'TE
,Adj.
Flattened or depressed at the poles; as an oblate spheroid, which is the figure of the earth.
Definition 2024
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English
Noun
oblate (plural oblates)
- (Roman Catholic Church) 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
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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.
- The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
- 1922, Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? — James Joyce, Ulysses
- 1997, ‘ ’Tis prolate, still,’ with a long dejected Geordie O. ‘Isn’t it…?’ ‘I’m an Astronomer,– trust me, ’tis gone well to oblate.’ — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
Antonyms
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Related terms
Etymology 3
Verb
oblate (third-person singular simple present oblates, present participle oblating, simple past and past participle oblated)