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oratory
1[ awr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, or- ]
noun
- skill or eloquence in public speaking:
The evangelist moved thousands to repentance with his oratory.
Synonyms: declamation, delivery, rhetoric
- the art of public speaking, especially in a formal and eloquent manner.
oratory
2[ awr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, or- ]
noun
- a place of prayer, as a small chapel or a room for private devotions.
- (initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. any of the religious societies of secular priests who live in religious communities but do not take vows.
Oratory
1/ -trɪ; ˈɒrətərɪ /
noun
- Also calledCongregation of the Oratory the religious society of secular priests ( Oratorians ) living in a community founded by St Philip Neri
- any church belonging to this society
the Brompton Oratory
oratory
2/ -trɪ; ˈɒrətərɪ /
noun
- a small room or secluded place, set apart for private prayer
oratory
3/ ˈɒrətərɪ; -trɪ /
noun
- the art of public speaking
- rhetorical skill or style
Derived Forms
- ˌoraˈtorical, adjective
- ˌoraˈtorically, adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of oratory1
Word History and Origins
Origin of oratory1
Origin of oratory2
Example Sentences
Mario Cuomo’s charisma and oratory could carry the day in his heyday.
Original oratory is supposed to be on a topic the speaker cares deeply about, and I remember being one of the few who gave a very personal one.
Once-predictable high school oratory is starting to reflect a wider shift in how Americans talk about race, gender and the distribution of power in the United States—even if not everyone wants to hear what these young speakers have to say.
You got kids in oratory writing about their undocumented parents.
These oratories draw clear lines between speaker and audience, and their solutions do not always invite easy agreement.
For his oratory work he was paid over $1.3 million (a significant amount of which he donated to charity).
No amount of sweet-sounding oratory is going to disabuse him of his hard-driving partisan agenda.
He launches into a flight of oratory on the past greatness of Petra.
And for good reason: images of the crowd at political conventions can be as important as the oratory.
That kind of oratory is not necessarily unusual in Arab countries, even those at peace with Israel.
Academies are to universities as maturity is to childhood, oratory to grammar, or politeness to the first lessons in civility.
It was one of the triumphs of Bright's oratory that it constantly produced these popular cries.
Thus in oratory as in history the ancients can boast of most illustrious examples, never even equalled.
Socrates insisted upon the gift of oratory for a general in the army as well as for a leader in political life.
The Speaker's speech was far from any oratory, but was as plain (though good matter) as any thing could be, and void of elocution.
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