ORATORIAN


Meaning of ORATORIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌȯr-ə-ˈtȯr-ē-ən, ˌär- ]

noun

Date: circa 1656

: a member of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri founded in Rome in 1575 and comprising independent communities of secular priests under obedience but without vows

• Oratorian adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.