oratories
- plural of oratory.
Example Sentences
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The country has about 6,000 parish centers for young people, called oratories, and almost all have sports facilities, said Don Marco Mori, president of the Forum of Italian Oratories.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2010
Oratories and churches built over the tombs of martyrs and confessors.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
Close by are the Oratories of S. Antonio di Padua and S. Bonaventura, where they prayed and worked.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Hutton, Edward
Oratories and churches built over the tombs of martyrs and confessors.—How they came to be built.—These the originals of the greatest sanctuaries of modern Rome.—S.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
In writing of the Early Churches or Oratories of Ireland, Dr. Petrie stated in his Essay—"they had a single doorway always placed in the centre of the west wall."
From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by Stuart, John
