oransn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːrənz/, U.S.

/ˈɔrənz/

Forms: 1900s– orans, 1900s– orant, 1900s– orante.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ōrant-, ōrāns, ōrāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin ōrant-, ōrāns a person at prayer, use as noun of present participle of ōrāre orate v.In form orant, probably after French orant (1848 as adjective, 1874 as noun). In form orante, probably after Italian orante adjective and noun (a1375).

Art.

An image of a person at prayer with arms outstretched. Also attributive: designating such a figure or posture.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > other subjects

Sphinx1579

Hercules1638

weeper1656

ophioucha1697

pastorality1821

sheela-na-gig1844

orans1900

kouros1920

three wise monkeys1926

gnome1938

1900 W. Lowrie Christian Art & Archaeol. (1901) 201 The name orans or orant designates a figure in the attitude of prayer, with arms outstretched..and was accounted by the Church particularly significant, because it recalled the position of the Saviour upon the cross.

1937 Burlington 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.

1949 O. Demus Mosaics Norman Sicily 309 The Orans was seen ‘spreading out her pure hands to ensure the Emperor's triumph over his enemies’.

1978 Antiquaries Jrnl. 58 70 The posture of the buried person was with the arms outstretched in an orante position.

1989 P. Benchley Lush 100 Lewis stood like an orant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orans
释义	oransn. Brit. /ˈɔːrənz/, U.S. /ˈɔrənz/ Forms: 1900s– orans, 1900s– orant, 1900s– orante. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ōrant-, ōrāns, ōrāre. Etymology: < classical Latin ōrant-, ōrāns a person at prayer, use as noun of present participle of ōrāre orate v.In form orant, probably after French orant (1848 as adjective, 1874 as noun). In form orante, probably after Italian orante adjective and noun (a1375). Art. An image of a person at prayer with arms outstretched. Also attributive: designating such a figure or posture. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > other subjects Sphinx1579 Hercules1638 weeper1656 ophioucha1697 pastorality1821 sheela-na-gig1844 orans1900 kouros1920 three wise monkeys1926 gnome1938 1900 W. Lowrie Christian Art & Archaeol. (1901) 201 The name orans or orant designates a figure in the attitude of prayer, with arms outstretched..and was accounted by the Church particularly significant, because it recalled the position of the Saviour upon the cross. 1937 Burlington 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. 1949 O. Demus Mosaics Norman Sicily 309 The Orans was seen ‘spreading out her pure hands to ensure the Emperor's triumph over his enemies’. 1978 Antiquaries Jrnl. 58 70 The posture of the buried person was with the arms outstretched in an orante position. 1989 P. Benchley Lush 100 Lewis stood like an orant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1900
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