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organa

1 American  
[awr-guh-nuh] / ˈɔr gə nə /

noun

  1. a plural of organon.


organa 2 American  
[awr-guh-nuh] / ˈɔr gə nə /

noun

  1. a plural of organum.


organa British  
/ ˈɔːɡənə /

noun

  1. a plural of organon organum

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Winchester’s Troper of two-voice organa manuscripts and its mighty four- hundred-voice pipe organ were the work of Anglo-Saxon Christians.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Anno domini MCCCC. octogesimo secundo. ex providencia et sumptibus magistri Thome Heywode decani antedicti. conferuntur ecclesi cath lich organa nova magnae quantitatis. et formae decentis. ad honorem sancti cedde et ornamentirm ecclesiae precij xxvi.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.

Vasa sunt, says Augustine of human troublers, alius utitur; organa sunt, alius tangit.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

V. Ubi autem solito pauciores deferunter ad eadem organa spiritus animales, imperfectæ ac imbecillæ observantur fieri eadem functiones, in motu tremulo et infirmo, nec diu durante, in visu debili, ac mox defatigato, &c.

From An Essay on the Shaking Palsy by Parkinson, James

Non digitis, Inglotte, tuis terrestria tangis, Tangis nunc digitis organa celsa poli.

From Curious Epitaphs by Various

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