noun🔗Shareオブラート, 修道士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."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. "アグネス修道女は病院で病人の世話をしています。彼女は正式な修道女ではありませんが、ベネディクト会の修道女たちとオブラートとして生活し、働いています。religionpersongroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share両親によって宗教団体または家に預けられた子供A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house."Growing up in the monastery, Thomas knew he was an oblate, dedicated to the religious order by his family when he was a baby. "修道院で育ったトーマスは、自分がオブレートであり、赤ちゃんの頃に家族によって宗教団体に献身されたことを知っていました。religionfamilypersontheologyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share扁平な、両極で押しつぶされたFlattened or depressed at the poles."1922, Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? — James Joyce, Ulysses"1922年、なぜ私は彼や、この扁平なオレンジの上をまっすぐに歩く人間と話してはいけないのだろうか？— ジェームズ・ジョイス、ユリシーズappearancephysicsastronomymathfigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share捧げる, 献上するTo offer as either a gift or an oblation."The farmer decided to oblate his best harvest to the local church as a sign of gratitude. "農夫は感謝の印として、最高の収穫物を地元の教会に献上することに決めた。religionritualtheologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
