Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.
- adjective Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles.
- noun A layperson dedicated to religious life, especially such a layperson who is affiliated with but not a member of a monastic order.
- noun Roman Catholic Church A member of one of various religious communities whose members are bound by less stringent vows than those required of monastic orders.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably New Latin oblātus : Latin ob-, toward; see ob– + Latin (prō)lātus; see prolate.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Medieval Latin oblātus, from Latin, past participle of offerre, to offer; see offer.]
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