Oratorian

American  

[awr-uh-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr-, or-] / ˌɔr əˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌɒr- /

noun

1. a member of an Oratory.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Oratorians.

Oratorian British  

/ ˌɒrəˈtɔːrɪən /

noun

1. a member of the religious congregation of the Oratory

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Etymology

Origin of Oratorian

First recorded in 1635–45; oratory ² + -an

Example Sentences

In 1964, Mangan joined the Oratorian Fathers order of priests but left in 1967 to become a Seaside, California, patrol officer, according to news files.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2014

The second Letter of the famous Oratorian and member of the French Academy, Father Gratry, has just come here, and has produced a great impression.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von

Honoré disregarded the fable, just as he had disregarded reproofs, mockery and punishment, and burrowed deeper than ever into the Oratorian library, in a sort of somber phrensy.

From Honore de Balzac by Cooper, Frederic Taber

Jansenism, odious, probably, to the author, is not displayed; and the definition of the Oratorian spirit as contrasted with Benedictine and Jesuit, is quite inadequate.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Others, less sanguine, contented themselves with admiring the decorum of the services to which curiosity led them, and with praising the outward regularity of the lives of the Oratorian Fathers.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta