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Definitions for Oblate
[1] flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate).
[2] a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
[3] a lay member of any of various Roman Catholic societies devoted to special religious work.
[4] having an equatorial diameter of greater length than the polar diameter the earth is an oblate sphere Compare prolate
[5] a person dedicated to a monastic or religious life
Words related to Oblate
secluded, austere, contemplative, solitary, ascetic, horizontal, unbroken, low, empty, celibate, even, plane, pancake, flush, splay, reclusive, monkish, deflated, depressed, extended
Words nearby Oblate
objure, objurgate, obl., oblanceolate, oblast, oblate, oblation, obligate, obligate aerobe, obligate anaerobe, obligate parasite
Origin of Oblate
21860–65; < Medieval Latin oblātus, suppletive past participle of offerre to offer
Other words from Oblate
ob·late·ly , adverb
Word origin for Oblate
C19: from French oblat, from Medieval Latin oblātus, from Latin offerre to offer
Synonyms for Oblate
ascetic, austere, contemplative, secluded, solitary, celibate, monkish, reclusive