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Webster 1913 Edition
Oblati
‖
Ob-la′ti
,Noun.
pl.
[LL., fr. L.
oblatus
. See Oblate
.] (R.C.Ch.)
(a)
Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.
(b)
A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery.
Addis & Arnold.