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- noun A member of a Roman Catholic
oratory
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Examples
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Blondel's closest disciple was the oratorian Lucien
Dictionary of the History of Ideas JOHN RATT 1968
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On the various readings and MS. copies of this life, see the disquisition of P. Jem {} de P.ato, an oratorian of
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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The first vicar was the oratorian, Father Mateo de Castro, who in 1637 had been named Vicar Apostolic of the Deccan and Bijapur.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Giannotti (1578) the seminary was opened; Ascanio Maffei (1646) restored many churches; Ignazio Ranaldi, oratorian (1819), restored the discipline of the seminary and the religious orders.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Such people would have despised a Demosthenes, or a Cicero, with all their rhetorical flourishes, if their oratorian gowns had been in pledge.
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Edward Robins 1902
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Daunou was an ancient oratorian, a studious and thoughtful if not a strong man, who became keeper of the archives, and lived down to 1840 with a somewhat usurped reputation for learning.
Lectures on the French Revolution John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868
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HAUGOULT (Pere), oratorian and regent of the Vendome college, about
Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1 Anatole Cerfberr 1865
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LEFEBVRE, Louis Lambert's uncle, was successively oratorian, sworn priest and cure of Mer, a small city near Blois.
Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 2 Anatole Cerfberr 1865
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Fairfield, the eloquent English oratorian, I learned the truth of John
The Lost Lady of Lone Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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But as he proceeded in his researches he sensibly felt that the business was one above even an oratorian or a monsignore.
Lothair Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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