orant

American  

[awr-uhnt, ohr-] / ˈɔr ənt, ˈoʊr- /

Also orante

noun

Fine Arts.

1. a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.

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Etymology

Origin of orant

1895–1900; < Medieval Latin ōrant- (stem of ōrāns ), present participle of ōrāre to plead. See oration, -ant

Example Sentences

He regarded the two expressions as equivalent in substance, as appears from the Smalcald Articles, where he identifies these terms, saying: "Sic enim orant pueri: Credo sanctam ecclesiam catholicam sive Christianam."

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

Grex hinc Paeonius venit, ecce, salutifer orbi; Ast, illi causas orant: his insula visa est Divinam capiti nodo constringere mitram.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst

Likewise all verbs in a manner admit after them an adjective, which agrees with the nominative case of the verb, in case, gender, and number, as 95 Pii orant taciti.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

Aut a quo malo se liberari orant nisi maxime de corpore mortis huius?... de vitiis carnalibus, unde non liberatur homo sine gratiâ Salvatoris....

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur