Middle English Dictionary Entry
ōrātōrī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ōrātōrī(e n. Also oritorie, oritore, orratorie, ortorie. |
| Etymology | OF oratori, oratore, vars. of oratoire & L ōrātōrium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A place for praying; a room in a house or hermitage used for private devotions and study; also fig.; (b) a church, shrine, or temple; a chapel, esp. as part of a monastery.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 9.1 : Judit wente in to hir oratorie [L oratorium] &, cloþinge hir wiþ an heire, putte asken vp on hir heued.
- c1390(?a1325) Adam & E.(2) (Vrn)227/19 : Ȝit liggen þe tables in þat ilke stude in Adames oratorie, þer he bad his beodes.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.694 : If wommen hadde writen stories As clerkes han with inne hir oratories, They wolde han writen of men moore wikkednesse.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)167a/a : Mounte Moria..is to menynge liȝttynge and byshynynge, for..þat is þe oratorie [L oraculum] of god and þe lawe and þe spirit þat inspirid prophetes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3552 : Sche was smete with a deuocioun Of fresche Venus to holden a memorie With hym allone in hir oratorie.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)670/1 : Oratorium: oratory.
- a1425 Adam & E.(3) (Wht)98/17 : He leyde hem yn his fadris oratorye, where hys fadir was wont..to worschipen.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)368 : Oratorye: Oratorium.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)6246 : To matynys in þe grey morwenyng, To hys oratorye he go wyth-oute lettyng.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1667 : In to hurre orytorie to slepe he ȝede.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)1.865 : Who can telle thy holy slepes softe With god alwaye full in thy memorye..Whan thou were soole in thyne orytorye?
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2216 : In his mansioun twa houses he made, Ane for an oratory, an othir..For comon vse.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.De Prof.(LdMisc 683)5 : Grace of our lord shal be my Dyrectorye In myn Inward hertyly Orratorye.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.652 : He satte aloone in his oratorie Seieng his praiers.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)89a : An Oratorye: Oratorium.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)626 : Oratory [glossing: oratorium].
b
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1911 : Of alabastre whit and reed coral An oratorie [vr. oratori]..In worship of Dyane..Hath Theseus doon wroght.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.365 : Aboute þe oratorie [Higd.(2): chyrche] of Seint Keynewyn, wilewys bereþ apples.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.111 : Þe oratorye [Higd.(2): churche] schal be despised, and unworþy personnes schal wonye þerynne.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2190 : Þis oritore is vgly, with erbez ouer-growen..Þis is a chapel of meschaunce.
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)40/12 : For parischons of eny chirch to schryue hem..þe parische chirche is more worþi to be chosen þan oratory oþer chirche of freres.
- ?1403 Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.306a : Offerynges..er offerd in haly kirk or in kirkȝerd, in chapel, or in oratory.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3813 : The manly Troyans..entre þe seintuarie, In-to þe chapel..Withoute reuerence..Don to Venus in hir oratorie.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5990 : To haue answere most conuenyent Of Appollo..He entrid is in þe oratorie.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6207 : He fonde..A litel temple and an oratorie..in memorie Of Diane.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)34/28 : Cumandis sain Benet þat þe ortorie be nane oþir þing þan it es cald.
- a1425 St.Anthony (Roy 17.C.7)127/23 : Saynt Antony ordand ane oratory & many celles, & þer he dwelled wyt hys breþer.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)62/8 : Þere ben many oratories, as chapell & hermytages.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.40/8 : In the eeste parte of the same chirche ys an Oratory, and yn that An Awter yn the honoure of the most blessid and parpetuall virgyne mary y-consecrate.
- (1442) Visit.Alnwick52a : We enioyne..that..ye and thai..lyfe in commune, etyng and drynkyng in oon house..prayng an sarufyng God in oon oratorye.
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)696 : I say This woful man..entre into an oratorie, And knelid doun..Tofore þe goddes.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2177 : He..passis to þe temple, Sire Appoline to adoure..To offire in þat oritorie.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)24/4 : He..commandid þat hur bodie sulde be berid in þe kurk, in ane oritorie.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)341/20 : A monk..dyed. And he was born in-to þer oratorie, & þe monkis began att say þer psalters for hym.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)13/29 : He councelled hire for to a-bide as for þat nyth in a oratorie þat was consecrat in þe name of Seint Cipriane.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.103/3 : Þe saide Hospitalarijs haue þe saide oratorye of Goseforde.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.103/16 : If hit happe to þe saide Hospitalarijs in oþer parisshis of þe saide chanonns oratorijs to make..hit shall be keped.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)199/16 : Manasses..maked fals oratories to fals goddis and ham honouret.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)94/21 : Sche..schulde go to þe dedicacion of an oratorye of Seynt Sebastyan.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)94/31 : The preste of the oratorye sawe and behelde hure.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)29/16 : At the last he come to the oratorye of the sone.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)575 : The bretherne shalle not pas the churche, the oratory, the cloyster, [etc.].