Definitions for Oratorian

Oratorian Or·a·to·ri·an

Spelling: [awr-uh-tawr-ee-uh n, -tohr-, or-]
IPA: /ˌɔr əˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌɒr-/

Oratorian is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 229 anagrams from letters in Oratorian (aainoorrt).

Definitions for Oratorian

noun

  1. a member of an Oratory.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Oratorians.

Origin of Oratorian

First recorded in 1635-45; oratory2 + -an

Examples for Oratorian

No. 72 built in 1650 as an Oratorian convent, a maternity hospital under the Empire, now a childrens hospice.

Six of his most famous sermons were edited, with a biographical sketch of their author, by the Oratorian Borde in 1704.

It was an institution celebrated throughout the districts of central France and directed by the Oratorian Fathers.

The Bishop of Mende was a very different person from the austere Oratorian.

He published a number of theological works, and edited the Oratorian Lives of the Saints.

"On condition you give me yours," said the Oratorian; and blessing each other, the friends parted for ever on earth.

But as he proceeded in his researches he sensibly felt that the business was one above even an Oratorian or a monsignore.

Though the son of a poor joiner, he received a good education in the Oratorian colleges of Tournon and Lyons.

One had been merely an Oratorian, the other had worn the mitre of a bishop.

This Oratorian and his admirers have stated that I wore a hair shirt and shroud.

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