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/ˈɒbleɪt/ · noun
(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..
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
an Oblate Father
The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
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.’
Use oblate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Oblate means (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..
Common synonyms include pumpkin-shaped.
Possible antonyms include prolate, watermelon-shaped.
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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