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oblate noun. Also (earlier) oblat. L17.
[French oblat from medieval Latin oblatus use as noun of pa. pple of Latin offerre OFFER verb. Cf. OBLEY.]
A person dedicated to monastic or religious life or work; spec. (a) Hist. a child offered by his or her parents to a monastery and placed there to be brought up; (b) a lay person attached to a religious community without having taken vows; (c) a member of any of various congregations of secular priests or communities of women devoted to some special work.
Oblate of Mary Immaculate, Oblate of St Charles Borromeo, etc.