Look up: oratory

1. Oratory
   Private in-house chapel; small cell attached to a larger chapel.
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2. oratory
   [n] - addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
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3. Oratory
   private chapel in a house
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4. Oratory
   A chapel without an altar.
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5. 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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6. 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 Ora...
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7. 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 Gre...
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8. 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 no...
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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. oratory
    in architecture, a small, private chapel (q.v.).[1 related articles]
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13. 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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14. oratory
    a small private chamber for prayer
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15. Oratory
    Chapel or other building belonging to a church or monastery, used either for private worship or associations of brethern.
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16. oratory
    oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as delivering a speech. Oratory first appeared in the law courts of Athens and soon became important in all areas of life. It ...
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17. Oratory
    a chapel
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18. Oratory
    (worship) In Christianity, an `oratory` is a room for prayer, from the Latin orare, to pray. In the Roman Catholic Church, an `oratory` is for all intents and purposes another word for what is commonly called a chapel. Previously, canon law distinguished several types of oratories: pri...
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