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.
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An oratory [temple] . . . in worship of Dian.
--Chaucer.
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Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory, or
place to pray in. --Jer. Taylor.
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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.
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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.
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When a world of men
Could not prevail with all their oratory. --Shak.
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