Meaning of "orant" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF ORANT

orant  [ˈɔːrənt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORANT

Orant is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Orans

Orans, a loanword from Medieval Latin translated as one who is praying or pleading, also Orant or Orante, is a figure in art with extended arms or bodily attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up. It was common in early Christianity and can frequently be seen in early Christian art. In modern times, the orans position is still preserved within parts of the Orthodox, Lutheran and Catholic liturgies, Pentecostal and charismatic worship, and the ascetical practices of some religious groups.

Definition of orant in the English dictionary

The definition of orant in the dictionary is an image or artistic representation of a worshipper praying with outstretched arms.

TRANSLATION OF ORANT

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• Translator English - Russian: Оранта
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• Translator English - Japanese: ORANT
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• Translator English - Marathi: भाषण
• Translator English - Turkish: ORANT
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• Translator English - Polish: Orant
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Оранта
• Translator English - Romanian: ORANT
• Translator English - Greek: δεόμενο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: orant
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORANT»

Discover the use of orant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Moon-o-theism, Volume II of II

Whether the Orant Position is Biblical or Not Someone might say that Saint Paul was advocating praying in the orant position when he wrote “I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer” (1Ti 02:08). Paul likely was suggesting that ...

Yoel Natan, 2006

Oracle8 on Windows NT

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Lilian Hobbs, Ramu V. Sunkara, 1998

Understanding Early Christian Art

The orant The term “orant” was adapted by art historians from the Latin word orant, meaning a praying person. The orant is a universal and popular figure oflate antique art, almost always shown as a veiled woman, standing, facing front,  ...

Robin Margaret Jensen, 2013

Highway Infrastructure Damage Caused by the 1993 Upper ...

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A. C. Parola, D. J. Hagerty, Sridhar Kamojjala, 1998

W.H. Orant Records

William H. Orant was a Deer Lodge County, Montana, placer miner. Records consist of a mining claim recording certificate (August 26, 1865), for a mine in the Summit Valley Mining District. (SC 607)

William H. Orant, 1865

Meek - Mythologie

P. Meriggi, Alcuni monticoli di Cataonia, OrAnt. l (1961) 171-171; id., Terzo viaggio anatolico, OrAnt. i (1963) 175-179; id., Quinto ..., OrAnt. 5 (1966) 67-70; id ., Sesto ..., OrAnt. 6 (1967) 169-170; id., Topakh and Arslantepe, AnSt. 18 (1968) 15 ...

Erich Ebeling, Bruno Meissner, Peter Calmeyer, 1997

From Ireland Coming: Irish Art from the Early Christian to ...

... non-orant X X No (W) X Armagh Shalt, north side Standing, non-orant X X No ( W) X Galloon Shaft, west face Kneeling, non-orant X X No (W) Kells Shaft, east face, 6th Standing, non-orant X X No (W) Q Monasterboice Shaft, east face, head  ...

Colum Hourihane, 2001

Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass

942 Disk: circular. Obverse: circular stamp (D. 1 .4 cm); details barely visible, but apparently with, at center, upper part of schematic nimbed figure of orant; trace of inscription around edge. Reverse: plain. Intact. Matte grayish red weathering, ...

David Whitehouse, Corning Museum of Glass, 2004

Summa Theologiae: Volume 39, Religion and Worship: 2a2ae. 80-91

Sed illi qui sunt in purgatorio non orant pro nobis, sed magis nos pro eis. Ergo nee sancti qui sunt in patria, pro nobis orant. 4. Praeterea, si sancti qui sunt in patria pro nobis orarent, superiorum sanctorum esset efficacior oratio. Non ergo ...

Thomas Aquinas, Kevin D. O'Rourke, 2006

Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in ...

This pagan iconographic type was adopted basically unchanged in early Christian art as the orant (orans), a male or female figure in frontal view with the arms raised at the height of the shoulders in pious supplication. In catacomb painting ...

Helene E. Roberts, 2013

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORANT»

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Flannery's Peacocks: “King of the Birds” Run Amok

(Catholic News). Free Photo Fridays - Flowers, Statues, and Stained Glass (The Orant). A Medieval Cure for Road Rage (Standing on my Head). «Patheos, Jun 15»

between a place and candy: new works in pattern + repetition + motif

Her obsessive line drawing is not dissimilar to the orant's use of prayer beads. Just as the tactility of the beads aids the orant, and as the hand ... «Brooklyn Rail, Jun 15»

Beware the annual Cinco de Mayo #FAIL

And after reading your own post, your realized how ign.orant that statement was? FlagShare. LikeReply. DB 5ptsFeatured May 4, 2015. «CNNMoney, May 15»

Parenting the Parent: Discerning Joy as Memory Fades

Church of Antioch Breaks off Relations with Patriarchate of Jerusalem (The Orant). Honor the virginity of Mary, Church Fathers: Day 361 (The ... «Patheos, May 15»

Bitcoin fallacy led to Silk Road founder's conviction

People were ign orant about this traceability because they were misinformed. I agree that without this anonymity bitcoin loses most of it's appeal ... «CNNMoney, Feb 15»