" oblate "

[Adjective]  | "ob*late" | \ ä-ˈblāt \

1: flattened or depressed at the poles

Origin: 1705 ;

 Borrowed from New Latin oblātus, from ob- {see: |ob-|ob-} + -lātus (in prōlātus {see: |prolate|prolate});

[Noun]  | "ob*late" | \ ˈä-ˌblāt \

1: a layman living in a monastery under a modified rule and without vows

2: a member of one of several Roman Catholic communities of men or women

Origin: 1693 ;

 Probably borrowed from French oblat, going back to Middle French, "layperson living in a religious community after bequeathing it property," borrowed from Medieval Latin oblātus "person (as a child) given over to a monastery," derivative of oblātus, adjective, "given over (to a religious community)," going back to Latin, suppletive past participle of offerre "to put in a person's path, provide, {see: |offer:1|offer:1}" {mat|tolerate|};

[Noun]  | "oblate"