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In Germany orant (whatever that may be), blue marjoram, and black cumin; and in Denmark garlic--nasty enough surely to keep any beings off--and bread are used.

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  1. In anc. art, a female figure in an attitude of prayer; a female adorant. Such figures are commonly distinguished or indicated by the raising of the hand and arm or forearm, with the palm outward, as well as by the smaller size of the orants when divinities also are represented.
  2. In early Christian art, a female figure standing with arms outspread or slightly raised in prayer, symbolizing the church as engaged in adoration and intercession. Such figures are frequently found as paintings in the Catacombs, and some have been regarded as representations of the Virgin Mary.

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  • In Germany orant (whatever that may be), blue marjoram, and black cumin; and in Denmark garlic--nasty enough surely to keep any beings off--and bread are used. —  The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology
  • In Germany orant (whatever that may be), blue marjoram, and black cumin; and in —  The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology
  • Ast, illi causas orant: his insula visa est —  The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2
  • "Beggin 'yo' Hon'ah's pardon," said he, "it bein 'de Lawd's Day, an' these Port Nassau people dam 'ig'orant --" —  Lady Good-for-Nothing
  • Grex hinc Paeonius venit, ecce, salutifer orbi; Ast, illi causas orant: his insula visa est Divinam capiti nodo constringere mitram Natalis te horae non fallunt signa, sed usque Conscius, expedias puero seu laetus Apollo Nascenti arrisit; sive ilium frigidus horror Saturni premit, aut septem inflavere triones Quin tu altè penitusque latentia semina cernis Quaeque diu obtundendo olim sub luminis auras Erumpent, promis; quo ritu saepè puella Sub cinere hesterno sopitos suscitat ignes Te dominum agnoscit quocunque sub aëre natus: Quos indulgentis nimium custodia matris Pessundat: nam saepè vides in stipite matrem Aureus at ramus, venerandae dona Sibyllae, Aeneae sedes tantùm patefecit Avernas; Saepè puer, tua quem tetigit semel aurea virga, Et coelum, terrasque videt, noctemque profundam Ad te, doctissime Delany, Pulsus à foribus Decani, Confugiens edo querelam, Pauper petens clientelam. —  The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2
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  1. from Latin oran(t-)s, present participle of orare, pray: see oration.
 

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