oblate
noun
- type of religiously dedicated person
adjective
- flattened or depressed at the poles
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɒbleɪt/ / /ɒˈbleɪt/ / /ˈɑbleɪt/
adj
Etymology: From Late Latin oblātus, from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + lātus (“broad, wide”), (modeled after prōlātus (“extended, lengthened”)).
- Flattened or depressed at the poles.
“The Earth is an oblate spheroid.”
“Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange?”
noun
Etymology: From French oblat and its source, Ecclesiastical Latin oblātus (“person dedicated to religious life”), nominalization of oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō (“to offer”); see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
- 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”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of offer.
- To offer as either a gift or an oblation.