Oblate

ob-lāt′, n. a secular person devoted to a monastery, but not under its vows, esp. one of the Oblate Fathers or Oblate Sisters: one dedicated to a religious order from childhood, or who takes the cowl in anticipation of death: a loaf of altar-bread before its consecration.— n. Oblā′tion , act of offering: anything offered in worship or sacred service, esp. a eucharistic offering: an offering generally.— Great oblation , the solemn offering or presentation in memorial before God of the consecrated elements, as sacramentally the body and blood of Christ; Le er oblation , the offertory. [L. oblatus , offered up.]