orate fratres

[ aw-rah-te frah-tres ]

noun

, Roman Catholic Church.

1. the call to prayer, addressed by the celebrant of the Mass to the people just before the Secret.

Word History and Origins

Origin of orate fratres¹

From Latin ōrāte frātrēs “pray, brothers”

Example Sentences

"Pictures from illuminated manuscripts take shape; they become scenes which Books of Hours enclosed in the O of Orate, fratres. The snow falls; it is Carolingian weather... Then the rooks fell silent; the light dwindled over the grey fields; and life ebbed with a shudder like a soul leaving the body."

From BBC

In the current issue of the Catholic liturgical monthly, Orate Fratres, the Rev. Joseph Lortz, professor of church history at Germany's M�nster University in Westphalia, declares that Roman Catholicism must share the guilt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Facing the congregation he said, "Orate, fratres."

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile the monks, The lights removed in reverence of his sleep, Sat mute nor stirred such time as in the Mass Between 'Orate Fratres' glides away, And 'Hoc est Corpus Meum.'

From Project Gutenberg

The Cardinal incenses the offerings and the altar, washes his hands, and recites the Orate Fratres and Our Father.

From Project Gutenberg