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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as orarium.

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Examples

  • People could enjoy in supper alcoves, decorated with cont­emp­orary paintings like those of Hogarth.

    C18th Pleasure Gardens; fashions, food, drink, dancing, music Hels 2009

  • Then in 1941 the Contemp­orary Art Society held its famous exhibition, bringing together works testifying to the dynamic changes that had taken place in Australian painting since the 1930s.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Hels 2009

  • Tuck­er, Berg­ner, Counihan and Vassilieff all joined the newly formed Contem­p­orary Art Society, to give voice to art not accepted by the estab­lish­ment and to influence the future direction of Australian art.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Hels 2009

  • She was essentially a reporter of cont­em­p­orary city life.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Hels 2009

  • JS MacDonald, soon-to-be director of the important National Gallery of Victoria, was disgusted at the Murdoch Herald display of cont­emp­orary French and English art, 1939.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Hels 2009

  • Tuck­er, Berg­ner, Counihan and Vassilieff all joined the newly formed Contem­p­orary Art Society, to give voice to art not accepted by the estab­lish­ment and to influence the future direction of Australian art.

    Yosl Bergner, the Australian Years Hels 2009

  • She was essentially a reporter of cont­em­p­orary city life.

    Grace Cossington Smith: her early career Hels 2009

  • JS MacDonald, soon-to-be director of the important National Gallery of Victoria, was disgusted at the Murdoch Herald display of cont­emp­orary French and English art, 1939.

    "Addled Art" by Lionel Lindsay Hels 2009

  • People could enjoy in supper alcoves, decorated with cont­emp­orary paintings like those of Hogarth.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Hels 2009

  • Then in 1941 the Contemp­orary Art Society held its famous exhibition, bringing together works testifying to the dynamic changes that had taken place in Australian painting since the 1930s.

    Yosl Bergner, the Australian Years Hels 2009

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