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oblate
(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.
Flattened or depressed at the poles.
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Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange?
’Tis prolate, still,’ with a long dejected Geordie O. ‘Isn’t it…?’ ‘I’m an Astronomer,– trust me, ’tis gone well to oblate.’
To offer as either a gift or an oblation.
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