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Oblati

Ob*la"ti\, n. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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