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oblation
English
Etymology
From Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Latin obl?ti? (“offering”), from offer? (“I offer, present”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???ble???n/, /??ble???n/
- (US) IPA(key): /o??ble???n/, /???ble???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
oblation (plural oblations)
- The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
- 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:
- whatever she judged proper for the oblation of the approaching night.
- 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:
- (by extension) A deed or gift offered charitably.
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- boltonia, lobation
Middle English
Noun
oblation
- Alternative form of oblacioun
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oblate
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??ble?t/ (or IPA(key): /??ble?t/ for adjective)
- (US) IPA(key): /??ble?t/
Etymology 1
From French oblat and its source, post-classical Latin obl?tus (“person dedicated to religious life”), a nominal use of the past participle of offer? (“I offer”).
Noun
oblate (plural oblates)
- (Roman Catholicism) 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
Related terms
- oblation
- offer
- offering
Etymology 2
From Late Latin obl?tus, from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + l?tus (“broad, wide”), (modeled after pr?l?tus (“extended, lengthened”)).
Adjective
oblate (comparative more oblate, superlative most oblate)
- Flattened or depressed at the poles.
- The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
- 1922, Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? — James Joyce, Ulysses
- 1997, ‘ ’Tis prolate, still,’ with a long dejected Geordie O. ‘Isn’t it…?’ ‘I’m an Astronomer,– trust me, ’tis gone well to oblate.’ — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
Translations
Antonyms
- prolate
Related terms
- oblatum
See also
- equidimensional
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
oblate (third-person singular simple present oblates, present participle oblating, simple past and past participle oblated)
- To offer as either a gift or an oblation.
Anagrams
- boatel, lobate
Italian
Adjective
oblate
- feminine plural of oblato
Anagrams
- balteo, belato
Latin
Participle
obl?te
- vocative masculine singular of obl?tus
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