noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "Sister Agnes helps care for the sick at the hospital; although she isn't a fully professed nun, she lives and works with the Benedictine sisters as an oblate. " religion person group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house. Examples : "Growing up in the monastery, Thomas knew he was an oblate, dedicated to the religious order by his family when he was a baby. " religion family person theology history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Flattened or depressed at the poles. Examples : "1922, Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? — James Joyce, Ulysses" appearance physics astronomy math figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To offer as either a gift or an oblation. Examples : "The farmer decided to oblate his best harvest to the local church as a sign of gratitude. " religion ritual theology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading