单词 | adoratory |
释义 | Definition of adoratory in English:adoratorynoun əˈdɒrət(ə)ri historical
adjective əˈdɒrət(ə)ri rare
OriginEarly 19th century; earliest use found in Maurice Keating (d. 1835), army officer and writer. From Spanish adoratorio pagan temple from post-classical Latin adoratorium place of worship, (pagan) temple from adorator worshipper (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian; from classical Latin adōrāt-, past participial stem of adōrāre + -or) + classical Latin -ium; compare -ory. Compare earlier oratory Definition of adoratory in US English:adoratorynounəˈdɒrət(ə)ri historical
adjectiveəˈdɒrət(ə)ri rare
OriginEarly 19th century; earliest use found in Maurice Keating (d. 1835), army officer and writer. From Spanish adoratorio pagan temple from post-classical Latin adoratorium place of worship, (pagan) temple from adorator worshipper (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian; from classical Latin adōrāt-, past participial stem of adōrāre + -or) + classical Latin -ium; compare -ory. Compare earlier oratory<br>mid 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Fisher (bap. 1604, d. 1665), Quaker preacher and writer. From post-classical Latin adoratorius from classical Latin adōrāt-, past participial stem of adōrāre + -ōrius; compare post-classical Latin adoratorium. |
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