oratory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: oratory	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oratory n addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oratory \Or"atory\, 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. [bd]The oratory of Greece and Rome.[b8] --Milton. When a world of men Could not prevail with all their oratory. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oratory \Or"atory\, 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. --Chaucer. Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory, or place to pray in. --Jer. Taylor. {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}.