imp. & p. p.
of Objurgate
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Objurgate
v. t.
To chide; to reprove.
n.
The act of objurgating; reproof.
a.
Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.
a.
Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.
a.
Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.
a.
Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n.
a.
One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates.
n.
The quality or state of being oblate.
n. pl.
Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.
n. pl.
A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery.
n.
The act of offering, or of making an offering.
n.
Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.
n.
A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.
n.
One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence.
v. i.
To bark or snarl, as a dog.
n.
The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling.