ORATORIANS
\ˌɒɹətˈɔːɹi͡ənz], \ˌɒɹətˈɔːɹiənz], \ˌɒ_ɹ_ə_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_iə_n_z]\
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A title specially given to the congregation of regular clerks founded by St. Philip Neri at Rome, early in the sixteenth century. The Oratory at Paris, founded by Cardinal de Berulle, in 1611, produced many eminent men, among them Malebranche and Massillon.
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).