[ob.late] adj [prob. fr. NL oblatus, fr. ob- + -latus (as in prolatus prolate)] (1705): flattened or depressed at the poles "an ~ spheroid" -- ob.late.ness n
[2]ob.late n [ML oblatus, lit., one offered up, fr. L, pp. of offerre--more at offer] (1864) 1: a layman living in a monastery under a modified rule and without vows
2: a member of one of several Roman Catholic communities of men or women