a garment worn by a deacon in the Eastern Orthodox Church
orarion in American English
(əˈrɛəriən)
nounWord forms: pluraloraria (əˈrɛəriə)
Eastern Churches
a stole worn by deacons
Also: orarium
Word origin
[1700–10; ‹ MGk ōrā́rion ‹ LL ōrārium, L: napkin, equiv. to ōr- (s. of ōs) mouth + -ārium-ary]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camera, cirrus, cozy, envelope, sliding scale