orant

Also known as adorant, prayer, orante

thumb|An early Christian painting of Noah praying in the gesture of orant right|thumb|Fresco in the Catacomb of Priscilla showing a Christian woman wearing a headcovering and praying in the orant posture thumb|Christian man praying in the gesture of orant, Catacombs of Rome#Catacombs of Domitilla|Catacombs of Domitilla, [[Rome]] Orans, a loanword from Medieval Latin orans () translated as "one who is praying or pleading", also orant or orante, as well as lifting up holy hands, is a posture or bodily attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with t