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orant

orant is the alternative form of orans.

Meaning of orans

Noun

orans (plural orantes)

  1. A figure in an attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.
  2. The posture or bodily attitude of such a figure.

Forms of orant

pluralorants

Origin of orant

Learned borrowing from Latin orans, orantis, noun use of the present participle of orare (“pray”). By surface analysis, Latin or- + -ant. Doublet of orans.

Questions about orant

What is orant the alternative form of?
Orant is the alternative form of orans.

Words near orant in the dictionary

  1. Oranjestad
  2. orankay
  3. orankays
  4. Oranmore
  5. orans
  6. orant
  7. oranta
  8. orante
  9. orantes
  10. orants
  11. Oraon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orant (page history and authors); orans (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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