Associations to the word «Oblate»

Wiktionary

OBLATE, noun. (Roman Catholic Church) 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.
OBLATE, noun. A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
OBLATE, adjective. Flattened or depressed at the poles.
OBLATE, verb. To offer as either a gift or an oblation

Dictionary definition

OBLATE, noun. A lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life.
OBLATE, adjective. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats