vow English
Noun
( en noun)
A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
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A declaration or assertion.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author= Sam Leith
, volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=( The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Where the profound meets the profane
, passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}
Usage notes
* One normally makes'' or ''takes'' a vow, or simply ''vows (see below).
* Commonly mentioned vows include those of silence'', ''obedience'', ''poverty'', ''chastity'', and ''celibacy .
* 'to keep/pay/fulfill a vow' = to honor a vow
* 'to break a vow' = to dishonor a vow
Verb
( en verb)
(ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.
* Bible, Eccl. v. 4
- When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.
* Richard Baxter
- We do not vow that we will never sin, nor neglect a duty (nor ought we to do so).
To make a vow regarding (something).
- The wronged woman vowed revenge.
To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
- The rebels vowed to continue their fight.
Derived terms
* exchange vows
* take vows
* vow of celibacy
* vow of chastity
* vow of silence
* vow of poverty
Related terms
* devote
* vote
* votive
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oblate English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m) and its source, post-classical (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
(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
Related terms
* (l)
Etymology 2
From ).
Adjective
( en adjective)
Flattened or depressed at the poles.
- The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
* 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
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* (l)
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