Orant

I just learned a cool word: orant

It means to worship or pray with your hands raised. That’s something I do a lot, but I didn’t know it had a name beyond “raising your hands”.

I don’t expect that I’ll ever have a chance to use this word in casual conversation (and I really don’t think it would be good while leading worship — “I said assume the orant position. Do it now!”), but it’s a cool word to have bouncing around in my head.