Lexicographical Neighbors of Orarion
Literary usage of Orarion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt by Alfred Joshua Butler (1884)
"The canons of the Council of Laodicea, about 363 AD, forbade the orarion to orders
below the diaconate; whereas in western history it is not till the second ..."
2. Handbook to Christian and Ecclesiastical Rome by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker, Hope Malleson (1897)
"The first mention of the orarion in the West is at the Council of Laodicea towards
the end of the iv. century, Canons 22, 23, which forbid subdeacons, ..."
3. A History of the Holy Eastern Church by John Mason Neale (1850)
"And indeed the stole was frequently called the orarion in the Western Church,
... The orarion is worn over the left shoulder ; and is by S. Germanus ..."
4. The Divine Liturgies of Our Fathers Among the Saints John Chrysostom and by Orthodox Eastern Church (1894)
"And again, pointing with his orarion to the holy Chalice: Bless, Master, the holy
Chalice. And the Priest, blessing, saith: And this Chalice, the precious ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... the tiara, or mitre (other bishops wear only the orarion and the mitre), the
pastoral staff surmounted with a cross, and, in the Latin fashion, ..."
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