oblate: Details
Extended reference for the word oblate.
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Usage 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”
“1922, Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? — James Joyce, Ulysses”
Common Misspellings
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