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orans|ˈɔərənz|
Also orant.
[ad. L. ōrāns, ōrānt-em, pr. pple. of ōrāre to pray.]
(See quot. 1900). Also attrib.
1900W. Lowrie Chr. Art & Archaeol. (1901) 201 The name orans or orant designates a figure in the attitude of prayer, with arms outstretched in the manner which was common to both Jews and Gentiles, and was accounted by the Church particularly significant, because it recalled the position of the Saviour upon the cross. 1937Burlington Mag. July 25/2 Though the Trecento type, the seated Virgin with clasped hands, persists in the Quattrocento, it is the Virgin derived from the old ‘orans’ type, of which the Antwerp Assumption is the earliest Italian example. 1949O. Demus Mosaics Norman Sicily 309 The Orans was seen ‘spreading out her pure hands to ensure the Emperor's triumph over his enemies’. |