oblate

Examples

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• On the Bolivian altiplano, Monast and other oblates from Canada were joined by Catholic missionaries from the United States and Europe (Maryknoll and regular clergy).

  Academic text (2002)

• She has found her place as an oblate at a Benedictine monastery.

  Academic text (1993)

• A pulse familiar to the Oblate as the beat of his own heart was missing.

  Fiction book (1994)

• As a Benedictine oblate, I also know work as prayer.

  Academic text (2002)

• I say if it self-gravitates to an oblate shape consistent with its spin, then it's a planet.

  Blog text (30)

• For example, Benedictine communities have readily welcomed as oblates those Protestants willing to follow the Benedictine rule.

  Academic text (2013)

• During visits to England, she came to know Taena, a community that began without religious affiliation but evolved into a community of Benedictine oblates.

  Academic text (2007)

• Heeding this call, the Alliance of the Two Hearts, through its oblates and third orders, enthrones homes and encourages families' consecrations to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

  Blog text (27)

• Unlike a sphere, whose size you can specify with one number—its radius—an oblate spheroid requires two numbers: its polar radius and its equatorial radius.

  Academic text (1996)

• As an oblate, he dedicated his spare time to supporting the local monastery's charitable work.

Synonyms

N

numerary

vsoblate

• Jargon

1 9.9

A full member of some Catholic groups who usually does not marry and follows strict rules

is not tied to a single organization and does not require celibacy

Surface Forms

Etymology