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oblates

oblates is the plural of oblate.

oblates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of oblate.

Meaning of oblate

Noun

oblate (plural oblates or oblati)

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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Questions about oblates

What is oblates the plural of?
Oblates is the plural of oblate.

Words near oblates in the dictionary

  1. oblate spheroids
  2. oblated
  3. oblately
  4. oblateness
  5. oblatenesses
  6. oblates
  7. oblati
  8. oblating
  9. oblation
  10. oblational
  11. oblationaries

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