oratory

[Or·a*to*ry]

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.

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A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.

Noun
addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"


n.
A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.

n.
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.


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.
An oratory [temple] . . . in worship of Dian.
Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory, or place to pray in.
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.

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.
When a world of men Could not prevail with all their oratory.

A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.

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.

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The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

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