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 work of this Oratorian was at least strange.

From En Route by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)

He had a tutor, the librarian of the rich Oratorian library, who during those rare recreation hours, when he had no extra lines to copy, was supposed to give him special lessons in mathematics.

From Honore de Balzac by Cooper, Frederic Taber

I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.

From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard

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 Sandars, Mary F. (Mary Frances)