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oratorian, a. and n.|ɒrəˈtɔərɪən|
[f. L. ōrātōri-us of or pertaining to an orator, ōrātōri-um place of prayer, oratory n.1]
A. adj.
†1. Of or pertaining to an orator; = oratorial 1, oratorical 2. Obs.
1644Bulwer Chiron. 132 Oratorian Action must varie according to the diversitie of people and Nations. a1734North Exam. ii. v. §163 (1740) 420 A Reverend Parson who relates the Fact of a Conspiracy in a good Method..and beautiful English; in a Word, in an oratorian Way.
2. Of or pertaining to the oratory (5 a).
1862in Dublin Daily Express 30 Dec., The youths from all lands, whom the Oratorian Father paints like doves flying over the blue seas to the windows. 1876Fox Bourne Locke II. ix. 31 Father Simon, an oratorian priest. 1882Athenæum 30 Dec. 895/2 His life of quiet study among the Oratorian brotherhood.
B. n. A father or priest of an oratory; spec. (with capital initial) a member of one of the societies mentioned s.v. oratory n.1 5, esp. of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. Cf. F. oratorien.
1656Blount Glossogr., Oratorians, a Religious Fraternity or Order Instituted the last age by St. Phillip Nerius, a Florentine Priest. 1679M. Prance Add. Narr. Pop. Plot 47 Monks have a great feud..against Fryars..Oratorians against Jesuits. 1710Smith in Hearne Collect. 18 Mar. (O.H.S.) II. 361 The Convent of the Oratorians at Paris. 1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. Introd. (1863) 33 The black habit is worn by the Augustines, the Servi, the Oratorians and the Jesuits.
Hence Oraˈtorianism, the system, principles, or practice of the Oratorians; Oraˈtorianize v. intr. to follow the method of the Oratorians.
1847J. H. Newman Let. 31 Dec. (1962) XII. 140, I am anxious you should [try] if you have fully mastered what Oratorianism is. 1848F. W. Faber in R. Chapman Father Faber (1961) viii. 172 There is nothing in what you say about oratorianism which takes any of us by surprise. Ibid. ix. 182 It seems you have not captivated him, and he won't Oratorianize. 1851A. Beresford-Hope in Chr. Remembrancer XXI. 151 Being more than anything else the germ of Oratorianism, that of multiplying altars in the same church. 1852Ecclesiologist XIII. 352 When Oratorianism arose in his own communion. 1883A. Beresford-Hope Worship & Ord. 126 Whatever faults may be found with the Eastern Church, it certainly does not Oratorianize. |