Oblati

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oblati \Ob*la"ti\, n. pl. [LL., fr. L. oblatus. See {Oblate}.]
     (R.C.Ch.)
     (a) Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic
         state.
     (b) A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who
         offered themselves and their property to a monastery.


         --Addis & Arnold.
         [1913 Webster]