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Webster 1913 Edition


Oblati


Ob-la′ti

,
Noun.
pl.
[LL., fr. L.
oblatus
. See
Oblate
.]
(R.C.Ch.)
(a)
Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.
(b)
A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery.
Addis & Arnold.

Definition 2024


oblati

oblati

English

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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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

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