Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In classical antiquity: A handkerchief.
- noun A handkerchief or scarf used in waving applause in the circus.
- noun A stole: replaced in the Western Church by the name stola about the ninth century. See
orarion and stole. - noun A scarf affixed to the crozier, in use as early as the thirteenth century.
- noun A Latin book of private prayer, especially that issued in England under Henry VIII. in 1546, or the one published under Elizabeth in 1560.
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Examples
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From the thirteenth century the name orarium appears only in isolated instances.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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This liturgical badge was called orarium on account of its similarity to the secular orarium both in shape and material, and in the way it was worn.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Deacons, according to the fourth Council of Toledo (633), were to wear a plain stole (orarium -- orarium quia orat, id est, proedicat) on the left shoulder, the right being left free to typify the expedition with which they were to discharge their sacred functions.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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It is certain, however, that in both East and West a stole, or orarium (orarion) which seems to have been in substance identical with what we now understand by the term, has been from an early period the distinctive attire of the deacon.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The bishop puts the stole (orarium) on the left shoulder of a deacon, and delivers a "ferula" to an archdeacon and archpriest, a "manuale" (book of sacraments) to a priest, and a staff and book of the Rule to an abbot.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The name "stole", as the designation of the orarium, is of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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He had but one poor tunic for winter and summer; he wore no orarium, but used a leathern girdle like a monk; nor would he wear clerical shoes, but went barefoot or with sandals.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Thereupon is put upon him an alb, and also a stole (orarium) about his neck and before his breast as when a priest is wont to say Mass.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The narrow scarf, called the stole or orarium, is one of the most ancient vestments used by the Christian clergy, representing in its mystical signification the yoke of Christ.
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So the bishop's amictus represents his chastity as does his mitra. 46 The orarium represents the yoke and burden of Christ (as in, "my yoke is easy and my burden is light," Mt 9.28) which the bishop bears. 47 The tunica represents the focus of the bishop's mind and desires on heaven. 48 The pallium, as we have seen, signifies the bishops willingness and responsibility to take on the burdens of the weak and sinful members of his flock. 49 The manipulum represents the good works of the bishop, and the annulus marks the bishop as both the vicar of Christ and as representative of the bride of Christ, the
qms commented on the word orarium
When I saw that orarium was the Word of the Day I leapt to the conclusion that it meant a place of prayer and beavered away at a limerick on that theme. The effort was good discipline but produced verse celebrating a word that is not but ought to be.
I was surprised to learn that it could mean the hankies some people will wave at festive events as a kind of silent applause. I see this most often these days in the behavior of the more primitive fans of American football:
The folk in that steel making area,
Inarticulate with football hysteria,
Will emit feral howls
And wave "terrible towels,"
Too simple to call them oraria.
It seems the most frequent use of the term is to name a variant of the stole that is part of liturgical vestments:
If you expect a priest to marry 'em
He must spend his small honorarium.
It's costly to dress:
To properly bless
His union suit needs an orarium.
April 9, 2014