Look up: Oratory

1. Oratory
   Private in-house chapel; small cell attached to a larger chapel.
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2. Oratory
   see "Oratorio"
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3. oratory
   [n] - addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
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4. Oratory
   private chapel in a house
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5. Oratory
   A chapel without an altar.
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6. Oratory
   A private family or institutional chapel for only a few selected worshippers, e.g. a local manor house might have one for the lord and his family.
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7. Oratory
   Or"a·to·ry noun ; plural Oratories . [ Middle English oratorie , from Latin oratorium , from oratorius of praying, of an orator: confer French oratoire . See Orator , Oral , and confer Oratorio .] A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions. « An oratory [ temple] . …
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8. Oratory
   Or"a·to·ry noun [ Latin 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 .» Shak.
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9. oratory
   Origin: 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 p …
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10. oratory
    noun addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); `he loved the sound of his own oratory`
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11. Oratory
    In ancient Greece and Rome, `oratory` was studied as a component of rhetoric (that is, composition and delivery of speeches), and was an important skill in public and private life. Aristotle and Quintilian discussed oratory, and the subject, with definitive rules and models, was emphasised as a part of a `complete education` during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, although this was generally confined to the church. The development of parliaments...
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12. Oratory
    • (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. • (n.) A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.
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13. oratory
    the rationale and practice of persuasive public speaking. It is immediate in its audience relationships and reactions, but it may also have broad ... [24 related articles]
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14. oratory
    in architecture, a small, private chapel (q.v.).[1 related articles]
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15. oratory
    oratory 1. The art of speaking in public with style, cogency, and grace. 2. Eloquence in public speaking; especially, of the kind that shows the speaker's rhetorical skills.
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16. oratory
    a small private chamber for prayer
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17. Oratory
    Chapel or other building belonging to a church or monastery, used either for private worship or associations of brethern.
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