Majordomo vs Oblate - What's the difference?
majordomo | oblate |
The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.
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, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=22 * {{quote-book
, year=2002
, author=Marta VanLandingham
, title=Transforming the State: King, Court and Political Culture in the Realms of Aragon (1213-1387)
, chapter=7
, isbn=9004127437
, page=164
, passage=In return for ruling over the king's palace, serving as the monarch's alter ego in the domestic sphere, and bearing the burden of accountability, the majordomo was compensated amply.}}
(US, Southwest) A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate.
* {{quote-book
, year=2006
, author=Gray A. Brechin
, title=Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin
, chapter=5
, isbn=0520250087
, page=212
, passage=She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate.}}
Any overseer, organizer, person in command.
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(Roman Catholic Church) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
* 2007', The Venerable Bede started as an '''oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, ''London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19
Flattened or depressed at the poles.
* 1922', Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this '''oblate orange? — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
* 1997', ‘ ’Tis prolate, still,’ with a long dejected Geordie O. ‘Isn’t it…?’ ‘I’m an Astronomer,– trust me, ’tis gone well to '''oblate .’ — Thomas Pynchon, ''Mason & Dixon
As nouns the difference between majordomo and oblate
is that majordomo is the head servant or official in a royal spanish or italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler while oblate is (roman catholic church) a person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.As an adjective oblate is
flattened or depressed at the poles.majordomo
English
(wikipedia majordomo)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Pancho, the major-domo , came up to say that Colonel Morales was waiting below. Appleby bade him bring out cigars and wine, and rose from his seat when Morales came in.}}
7 Jun 2009:
- The United Nation's climate majordomo -- tasked with herding 192 nations toward a do-or-die deal by year's end -- does not have the power to impose an agreement on how to curb greenhouse gases and cope with its consequences.
oblate
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m) and its source, post-classical (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From ).Adjective
(en adjective)- The Earth is an oblate spheroid.