Canadian French Meaning of oblate

Oblate

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Definitions and Meaning of oblate in English

Wordnet

oblate (n)

a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life

Wordnet

oblate (a)

having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles

Webster

oblate (a.)

Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.

Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n.

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.

One of the Oblati.

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Oblate

a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life, having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the polesFlat

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oblata => Oblate, oblanceolate leaf => Lancéolé, oblanceolate => oblancéolé, objurgatory => objurgatoire, objurgation => reproche,