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It is the, um, oratorium abolitus, the private chapel beneath the Palace.
Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996
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The church bell rings at six, when Prime of the day is said in the oratorium, followed by Terce de Beata.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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No stronger testimony of the early connection of the cross with the cemetery could be desired than the directions given by St. Cuthbert for his own burial: "Cum autem Deus susceperit animam meam, sepelite me in hâc mansione juxta oratorium meum ad meridiem, contra orientalem plagam sanctæ crucis quam ibidem erexi" (Bede, Vita S. Cuthberti).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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All offices said in the oratorium are accompanied by full choir ceremonial, as bowing, covering, and uncovering.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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: “Perspicitis, hoc genus quam sit facetum, quam elegans, quam oratorium, sive habeas vere, quod narrare possis, quod tamen, est mendaciunculis aspergendum, sive fingas.”
The Life of Cicero Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1881
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: "Perspicitis, hoc genus quam sit facetum, quam elegans, quam oratorium, sive habeas vere, quod narrare possis, quod tamen, est mendaciunculis aspergendum, sive fingas."
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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On the 3rd May they were invited to attend the pompous celebration of the festival of St. George in the palace at Westminster, where they were placed together with the French ambassador in the King's oratorium; the
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1610b John Lothrop Motley 1845
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On the 3rd May they were invited to attend the pompous celebration of the festival of St. George in the palace at Westminster, where they were placed together with the French ambassador in the King's oratorium; the
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1609-15) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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On the 3rd May they were invited to attend the pompous celebration of the festival of St. George in the palace at Westminster, where they were placed together with the French ambassador in the King's oratorium; the
Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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On the 3rd May they were invited to attend the pompous celebration of the festival of St. George in the palace at Westminster, where they were placed together with the French ambassador in the King's oratorium; the
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
Jimmydiamond commented on the word oratorium
a place of worship,
March 14, 2014