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/ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/
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The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, a society of priests and lay brothers founded in 1575.
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Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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A private chapel or prayer room.
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A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church.
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A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
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Usage: specifically
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The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
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Usage: uncountable
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Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
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Usage: uncountable
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Alternative letter-case form of oratory: a church belonging to the Oratory.
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addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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he loved the sound of his own oratory
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Broader terms: address, speech
Narrower terms: keynote speech, keynote address, nominating speech, nominating address, nomination, oration, declamation, epideictic oratory, stump speech, salutatory address, salutatory oration, salutatory, valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration, valedictory
From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and their source, Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs.
Borrowed from Latin ōrātōria, from the feminine of ōrātōrius (“oratorial”).
Across languages
Translations 62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
مُصَلًّى
(muṣallan)
— private chapel
Azerbaijani :
musalla
— private chapel
Azerbaijani :
ibadətgah
— private chapel
Bashkir :
ғибәҙәтхана
(ğibəźətxana)
— private chapel
Belarusian :
мале́льня
(maljélʹnja)
— private chapel
Belarusian :
каплі́ца
(kaplíca)
— private chapel
Bulgarian :
ста́я за моли́тва
(stája za molítva)
— private chapel
Catalan :
oratori
— private chapel
Chichewa :
kachipinda
— private chapel
French :
oratoire
— private chapel
German :
Oratorium
— private chapel
Ingrian :
cäsönä
— private chapel
Irish :
aireagal
— private chapel
Irish :
séipéilín
— private chapel
Kazakh :
ғибадатхана
(ğibadatxana)
— private chapel
Kyrgyz :
ибадаткана
(ibadatkana)
— private chapel
Latin :
ōrātōrium
— private chapel
Middle English :
oratorie
— private chapel
Persian :
مصلی
(mosallâ)
— private chapel
Persian :
نمازخانه
(namâzxâne)
— private chapel
Persian :
نمازگاه
(namâzgâh)
— private chapel
Russian :
моле́льня
(molélʹnja)
— private chapel
Russian :
часо́вня
(časóvnja)
— private chapel
Russian :
орато́рий
(oratórij)
— private chapel
Spanish :
oratorio
— private chapel
Tajik :
мусалло
(musallo)
— private chapel
Tajik :
намозхона
(namozxona)
— private chapel
Tajik :
намазгоҳ
(namazgoh)
— private chapel
Tatar :
гыйбадәтханә
(ğıybadätxanä)
— private chapel
Turkmen :
ybadathana
— private chapel
Turkmen :
musalla
— private chapel
Ukrainian :
молито́вня
(molytóvnja)
— private chapel
Ukrainian :
капли́ця
(kaplýcja)
— private chapel
Uyghur :
ئىبادەتخانا
(ibadetxana)
— private chapel
Uzbek :
ibodatxona
— private chapel
Uzbek :
musallo
— private chapel
Arabic :
خِطَابَة
(ḵiṭāba)
— art of public speaking
Bulgarian :
красноречие
(krasnorečie)
— art of public speaking
Bulgarian :
ораторско изкуство
(oratorsko izkustvo)
— art of public speaking
Catalan :
oratòria
— art of public speaking
Chinese Mandarin :
演說 /演说
(yǎnshuō)
— art of public speaking
Dutch :
redekunst
— art of public speaking
Finnish :
puhetaito
— art of public speaking
French :
oratoire
— art of public speaking
Georgian :
ორატორია
(oraṭoria)
— art of public speaking
Georgian :
ორატორული ხელოვნება
(oraṭoruli xelovneba)
— art of public speaking
German :
Redekunst
— art of public speaking
German :
Rhetorik
— art of public speaking
Greek :
ρητορική
(ritorikí)
— art of public speaking
Ancient Greek :
ῥητορική
(rhētorikḗ)
— art of public speaking
Irish :
óráidíocht
— art of public speaking
Italian :
oratoria
— art of public speaking
Latin :
ōrātōria
— art of public speaking
Portuguese :
oratória
— art of public speaking
Romanian :
retorică
— art of public speaking
Romanian :
oratorie
— art of public speaking
Russian :
рито́рика
(ritórika)
— art of public speaking
Russian :
красноре́чие
(krasnoréčije)
— art of public speaking
Russian :
ора́торское иску́сство
(orátorskoje iskússtvo)
— art of public speaking
Serbo-Croatian :
besedništvo
— art of public speaking
Spanish :
oratoria
— art of public speaking
Unami :
wëlaptunheokàn
— art of public speaking
