oblati

English

Etymology

Latin oblatus. See oblate.

Noun

oblati pl (plural only)

  1. (religion, Roman Catholicism) Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.
  2. A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for oblati in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

oblati m

  1. plural of oblato

Latin

Participle

oblātī

  1. nominative masculine plural of oblātus
  2. genitive masculine singular of oblātus
  3. genitive neuter singular of oblātus
  4. vocative masculine plural of oblātus

References
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