Welcome to Anagrammer Crossword Genius! Keep reading below to see if oblate is an answer to any crossword puzzle or word game (Scrabble, Words With Friends etc). Scroll down to see all the info we have compiled on oblate.
oblate
Searching in Crosswords ...
The answer OBLATE has 102 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
Searching in Word Games ...
The word OBLATE is VALID in some board games. Check OBLATE in word games in Scrabble, Words With Friends, see scores, anagrams etc.
Searching in Dictionaries ...
Definitions of oblate in various dictionaries:
noun - a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
adj - having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter
Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.
Word Research / Anagrams and more ...
Keep reading for additional results and analysis below.
| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
|---|
| An equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter makes the Earth this type of spheroid |
| A spheroid might say, you can call me prolate or this, like the Earth -- just don't call me late for dinner |
| The Earth is this type of spheroid, meaning flattened at the poles |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
|---|
| (of a spheroid) flattened at the poles. |
| a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life |
| having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter being flattened at the poles |
| Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis. |
| Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles compressed along or flattened at the poles: Planet Earth is an oblate solid. |
| A layperson dedicated to religious life. |
| Roman Catholic Church A member of one of various religious communities for men or women. |
| Oblate description |
|---|
|
In Christian monasticism (especially Catholic, Anglican and Methodist), an oblate is a person who is specifically dedicated to God or to God's service. * Oblates are individuals, either laypersons or clergy, normally living in general society, who, while not permanently professed monks or nuns, have individually affiliated themselves with a monastic community of their choice. They make a formal, private promise (annually renewable or for life, depending on the monastery with which they are affiliated) to follow the Rule of the Order in their private life as closely as their individual circumstances and prior commitments permit. Such oblates do not constitute a separate religious order as such, but are considered an extended part of the monastic community, and as such, Benedictine oblates also often have the letters OblSB or ObSB after their names on documents. They are comparable to the tertiaries associated with the various Orders of friars. * The term "oblate" is also used in the offici |