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ob⋅late

1  [ob-leyt, o-bleyt]
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–adjective
flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate ).

Origin:
1695–1705; < NL oblātus lengthened, equiv. to L ob- ob- + (prō)lātus prolate

Related forms:
ob⋅late⋅ly, adverb

ob⋅late

2  [ob-leyt, o-bleyt]
–noun
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.
Origin:
1860–65; < ML oblātus, suppletive ptp. of offerre to offer
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ob·late 1   (ŏb'lāt', ŏ-blāt')   
adj.  

  1. Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.

  2. Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles: Planet Earth is an oblate solid.


[Probably New Latin oblātus : Latin ob-, toward; see ob- + Latin (prō)lātus; see prolate.]
ob'late'ly adv., ob'late'ness n.
ob·late 2   (ŏb'lāt')   
n.  

  1. A layperson dedicated to religious life.

  2. Oblate Roman Catholic Church A member of one of various religious communities for men or women.


[Medieval Latin oblātus, from Latin, past participle of offerre, to offer; see offer.]
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oblate

(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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