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oranta

oranta 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.

Questions about oranta

What is oranta the alternative form of?
Oranta is the alternative form of orans.

Words near oranta in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oranta (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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