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ob·late [ ó blàyt ] (plural ob·lates)


noun 
Definition:
 
layperson in religious community: in the Roman Catholic Church, a lay person who is part of a religious community

[Late 17th century. Via French< medieval Latin oblatus "brought to" < the past participle of Latin offerre (see offer)]
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