oblat French · revision 15938

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1549, Robert Estienne|origins=la offerō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɔ.bla/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oblat''' ''m'' (plural oblats, feminine oblate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|oblātus|t=offered]], the past participle of [[la|offerō|t=to offer]] (see [[offrir]]),^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|7, 267a) used as a noun in Church Latin for a child offered to a monastery.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The feminine “oblate” “host, eucharistic bread” is from Church Latin [[la-lat|oblāta|t=offering]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Robert Estienne (1549) has ''oblat de religion'', a layman living in a monastery to which he had given his goods.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cotgrave (1611) uses it for a novice, and Furetière (1690) for a child vowed to God at birth.^(TLFi) Pasquier (1607) describes the ''oblat'' as an old soldier crippled in the king's service and given his keep in an abbey of royal appointment; the feminine was also used of a poor noblewoman so placed.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) From 1721 (Trévoux) ''oblate'' named a nun of the order of Saint Frances of Rome, and, from 1815 the word was used of members of congregations such as the ''Oblats de Marie-Immaculée''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) Huysmans's novel ''L'Oblat'' (1903) gave ''oblature''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1120 – ''Oblation''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1549 – ''Oblat de religion'' in Estienne.^(TLFi)

+ * 1607 – An invalid soldier in an abbey, in Pasquier.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – A child vowed to God, in Furetière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1721 – ''Oblate''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1815 – Members of religious congregations.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1903 – Huysmans's ''L'Oblat''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|oblate]]: a layperson attached to a religious community without taking vows.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A member of certain congregations: ''les Oblats de Marie-Immaculée''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(history)'' A child given to a monastery; an invalid soldier lodged in an abbey.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

+ # ''(plural, liturgy)'' What is offered at Mass.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[oblature]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oblation]]

+ * [[offrir]]

+ * [[oublie]]

+ * [[la|oblātus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}