Oratory
Meaning of Oratory
- a small chapel, especially for private worship.
- (in the Roman Catholic Church) a society of priests without vows, especially the Oratory of St Philip Neri founded in 1564.
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French oratorie, from ecclesiastical Latin oratorium, based on Latin orare ‘pray, speak’; sense 2 is from Congregation of the Fathers of the Oratory .
noun- the art or practice of formal speaking in public.
the gift of persuasive oratory
early 16th century: from Latin oratoria, feminine (used as a noun) of oratorius ‘relating to an orator’.
Information about Oratory
- It is a name.
- The plural form of Oratory is: Oratories.
- Languages in which Oratory is used:
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Hyphenation of Oratory
Ora-tory
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- Oratory is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Oratory synonyms
Meaning the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques:
Meaning fluent or persuasive speaking or writing:
Meaning use of high-flown language:
Meaning the action or art of declaiming:
Meaning the quality or condition of being fluent:
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