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| 1. | (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; | ||||
| 2. | Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; - used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate,
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| n. | 1. | (R. C. Ch.) One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates. | |||
| Noun | 1. | oblate - a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life |
| Adj. | 1. | oblate - having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles Synonyms: pumpkin-shaped Antonyms: prolate, watermelon-shaped - having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis" |