Noun
orans (plural orantes)
(art) A figure in an attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.
Orans, Martin 1996 Not Even Wrong: Margaret Mead, Derek Freeman, and the Samoans.' Source: Internet
Singer, Peter, A Darwinian Left, Yale University Press, 1999, p. 33. In 1996 Martin Orans examined Mead's notes preserved at the Library of Congress, and credits her for leaving all of her recorded data available to the general public. Source: Internet