oblate

Meanings

1. 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.
2. A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.

1. Designating a person who is an oblate, of or belonging to an order of oblates.

1. Flattened or depressed at the poles.

1. To offer as either a gift or an oblation.

Etymology

From French oblat and its source, Ecclesiastical Latin oblātus (“person dedicated to religious life”), nominalization of oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō (“to offer”); see -ate (noun-forming suffix).