On the cover of the font at Southacre, Norfolk, is this inscription: "Orate p.
Orate pro a’iabus fratrum and sororum Gildæ be’æ Mariæ de Cuningsby qui istam fenestram fieri fecerunt.
Orate pro a’i’a M’ri Joh’is de Croxby quondam Rectoris istius ecclesiæ.
In a window in the north aisle was the inscription “Orate pro ái’â Thomæ Coppuldike armig.
In the eastern window of the south aisle was the inscription “Orate pro benefactoribus artis sutorum, qui istim fenestram fieri fecerunt.
There is also a slab, upon which is to be read the words, Orate pro aia frîs Johîs.
On others again will be found "Orate pro Aiâ Johis Hertlond (pro anima Johannis).
The Cardinal incenses the offerings and the altar, washes his hands, and recites the Orate Fratres and Our Father.
In the later centuries of the Empire, people went to hear a man who could orate or declaim, as people now do to hear a great political orator, a revivalist preacher, or a popular actor or singer.
A form of amusement for distinguished travelers passing through a city was to have some one orate before them.
Pray for the souls, divers Orate pro animabuses [sic] in the windows, and a bell Ora pro anima Sancta Katharina.
There are some good mediaeval seat finials, shaped with the axe and bearing grotesque figures, musical instruments, and symbols; the word ORATE being decipherable upon one of them.
To all the inscriptions on tombs containing the pious petition Orate pro anima--his ignorance is palpably displayed by his Orate pro animabus--he paid special attention.
Orate pro Animabus in ye windows, and on a Bell, Ora pro Anima Sanctæ Catharinæ.
