Found 2 items, similar to Oratory.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: oratory oratory n : addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); “he loved the sound of his own oratory”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Oratory Oratory \Or"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. Oratories. [OE. oratorie, fr. L. oratorium, fr. oratorius of praying, of an orator: cf. F. oratoire. See Orator, Oral, and cf. Oratorio.] A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions. [1913 Webster] An oratory [temple] . . . in worship of Dian. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory, or place to pray in. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Fathers of the Oratory (R. C. Ch.), a society of priests founded by St. Philip Neri, living in community, and not bound by a special vow. The members are called also oratorians. [1913 Webster] Oratory \Or"a*to*ry\, n. [L. oratoria (sc. ars) the oratorical art.] The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence. “The oratory of Greece and Rome.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] When a world of men Could not prevail with all their oratory. --Shak. [1913 Webster]