adorator

plural adorators

1. uncommonSynonym of adorer.

   Dharmesin man’ur, the adorators of God.

   Anthropos: International Collection of Linguistic Monographs

   1924, A. Grignard, “man’nā”, in An Oraon-English Dictionary in the Roman Character with Numerous Phrases Illustrative of Sense and Idiom and Notes on Tribal Customs, Beliefs, Etc. (Anthropos: Collection internationale de monographies linguistiques [Anthropos: International Collection of Linguistic Monographs]), St. Gabriel-Mödling: Administration of “Anthropos”, […]; Calcutta, Bengal Presidency: […] [T]he Catholic Orphan Press […]; Vienna: Mechitharisten-Buchdruckerei, →OCLC, page 481, column 1

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   [I]f vve hold & proue that ther is no bread in our Euchariſtie, & Refor. can not shevv the contrary, vvith vvhat face can they reproch vnto vs that vve are adorators of bread?

   c. 1630, I. B. C., A Looking Glasse for Nevv Reformers. Ansvvering Paul Rainalds, Scotishmans Letter Persvvading His Brother to Forsake the True Ancient Catholike and Roman Religion., Lyon [actually Bordeaux?]: […] Thomas Stone […], →OCLC, page 406

   Hasten, I entreat you, to cause your churches to assume an appearance more worthy of adorators of the beneficent Parent of the universe; […]

   1799, James Madison, “[Journals of the Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia, from the Year 1785 to the Present Day.] An Address to the Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia.”, in Francis L[ister] Hawks, Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of the United States of America, volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] Harper & Brothers, […], published 1836, →OCLC, page 79, column 2

   [H]umble adorators of harmony, they are content with the concerts which travelling artists occasionally present them.

   1852 February 7, W[illiam] Grilliers, transl., “Henri Herz.—Reminiscences of His Travels in America. (Translated from ‘La France Musicale,’ […])”, in The Musical World, volume XXX, number 6, London: Myers & Co., page 85, column 1

   Ye adorators of the Dollar, to which you apply the qualification of “Almighty,” which only belongs to God—ye adorators of the idol “Profit”—you are not the men to insult the honor of a disinterested patriot, […]

   1852 April 21, [Lajos] Kossuth, quotee, “Kossuth in Jersey City. Enthusiastic Reception. Speech to the Citizens, &c.”, in New-York Daily Times, volume I, number 185, New York, N.Y.: Raymond, Jones & Co., →OCLC, front page, column 2

   Ibn Batutah, the arabian traveller, nearly contemporary with Marco Polo, says: »The Chinese are infidels, adorators of idols, and they burn their dead after the fashion of the Indians”.

   Tʻoung Pao: Archives for Use in the Study of the History, Languages, Geography, and Ethnography of East Asia […]

   1898, Gustave Schlegel, “[Bulletin Critique [Critical Bulletin].] The religious system of China, by J[an] J[akob] M[aria] De Groot, Book I, part III, The Grave (second half). […]”, in Gustave Schlegel, Henri Cordier, editors, 通報 Tʻoung pao: Archives pour servir à l’étude de l’histoire, des langues, la géographie et de l’ethnographie de l’Asie Orientale […] [Tʻoung Pao: Archives for Use in the Study of the History, Languages, Geography, and Ethnography of East Asia […]], volume IX, Leiden: […] E[vert] J[an] Brill, page 77, column 2

   Synonyms: adorer