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Definitions for: Oratory [n] addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"
Webster (1913) Definition: Or"a*to*ry, 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.
Or"a*to*ry, 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. ``The oratory of Greece
and Rome.'' --Milton.
When a world of men Could not prevail with all their
oratory. --Shak.
See Also: address, declamation, keynote address, keynote speech, nominating address, nominating speech, nomination, oration, speech, stump speech, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address
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