OBLATES
Definition
OBLATES is the plural of OBLATE.
adjective OBLATE: having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
Examples
- “2007, The Venerable Bede started as an oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19”