† oblatn.
Roman Catholic Church. Obsolete.
A disabled soldier given a place in a monastery; the benefit conferred on such a person, the actual means of maintaining him in such a place.
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conversec1500
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oblat1656
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donate1804
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > disabled or unfit
oblat1656
invalid1707
fogey1785
old fogey1785
non-effective1800
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Oblat (Fr.), a Souldier, who, grown impotent or maimed in Service, hath maintenance or the benefit of a Monks place assigned him in an Abbey; Also the means or place of a Monk, or such Souldier.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Oblat, a Soldier disabled at the Prince's Service who had the Benefit of a Monk's Place given him in an Abbey; also the Maintenance it self.
1854 A. T. Wilbur tr. E. Souvestre Goatherd of Lorraine ii, in Littell's Living Age Sept. 264/1 The Sire of Hapcourt, left without resources and covered with wounds, after forty years passed in war, had been received among monks in the quality of oblat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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