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Oblati

Oblati \Ob*la"ti\, n. pl. [LL., fr. L. oblatus. See Oblate.] (R.C.Ch.)

  1. 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.
    --Addis & Arnold.

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oblati

n. 1 (context religion Roman Catholicism English) 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.