Oratorian
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Oratorian
Example Sentences
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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
He published a number of theological works, and edited the Oratorian Lives of the Saints.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
One had been merely an Oratorian, the other had worn the mitre of a bishop.
From An Historical Mystery by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Thus, the Oratorian Fathers are busily employed in scattering "Saints' Lives" throughout this country, greatly to their own profit.
From The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others by Georgiana Fullerton
Honore was a small boy to have been completely separated from home, and the whole scheme of education as devised by the Oratorian fathers appears to have been a strange one.
From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Mary F. (Mary Frances) Sandars
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