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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… in side lights, small figures kneeling at prayer-desks in oratories drawn in perspective, in the E., of a woman in a …
A Dictionary of London
… the 13th century, the term so used never included tithes. Oratories or altars served by a single priest are the origin … capellae (chapels). The clergy who ministered at these oratories were the mass-priests of their founders, and their … In the 12th century the term "church" was applied to these oratories. See Churches. Church Alley See Dunstan's (St.) …
A Dictionary of London
… etc. It is possible that many of them originated as "oratories," as explained under the article "Church," and that … of these were included in the emoluments of the private oratories, which under the name of "churches" were the …
The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey
… suspend their convents, or to interdict their monasteries, oratories or chapels, and that all such sentences against them, their monasteries, oratories and chapels, should be null and void, for whatever …