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oblate

[ob-leyt, o-bleyt] / ˈɒb leɪt, ɒˈbleɪt /




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And, if I had to guess, I’d say it was an old thought, formed over years of exclusion by the other oblates.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

There is a small group of Italian oblates at our monastery.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

His face and neck were purple as a beet, and the spittle was flying all over the oblates as he spewed his sermon.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

All the oblates went crashing to the floor.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

The oblates had taken their places on the stone bench that runs along the walls of the chapter house.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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