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oblati

oblati


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oblati  \Ob*la"ti\,  n.  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.