oremus
English
Etymology
From Latin ōrēmus (“let us pray”, first person plural active subjunctive of ōrō), often used to introduce a prayer in the liturgy.
Noun
oremus (plural oremuses)
- (Roman Catholicism) A liturgical prayer.
- 1923, Pierre Loti, translated by W. P. Baines, A Tale of Brittany, page 144:
- The priest recited long oremuses in Latin, after which he said in the same language to the little seagull: Ingredere, Petre, in domum Domini.
Emilian
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: o‧re‧mus
Latin
Spanish
Derived terms
Further reading
- “oremus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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