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Definition of Oblates
1. oblate [n] - See also: oblate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oblates
Literary usage of Oblates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"from a That it is an ancient custom to impress the oblates with a cross is probable
... Coptic oblates, which may probably be of considerable antiquity. ..."
2. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1906)
"The Community lived in great poverty; the means which the first oblates had brought
... Death overtook the Saint, not amidst her oblates, but in her former ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"I. oblates of Si. Charles, founded in Milan by St. Charles Borromeo, archbishop
of that city, in 1570, to form a body of missionaries for homo work among ..."
4. Monasteries and Religious Houses of Great Britain and Ireland: With an by Darley Dale, Francesca Maria Steele (1903)
"THE oblates of St. Charles, originally known as the oblates of St. Ambrose, are
not a Religious Order, but a Congregation of secular priests living in ..."
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