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Oratory

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Noun

1. oratory

addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)

Example Sentences:
'he loved the sound of his own oratory'

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Oratory

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noun
1. 
the art of public speaking
2. 
rhetorical skill or style
noun plural -ries
a small room or secluded place, set apart for private prayer
noun Roman Catholic Church
1. Also called: Congregation of the Oratory
the religious society of secular priests (Oratorians) living in a community founded by St Philip Neri
2. 
any church belonging to this society
the Brompton Oratory

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Oratory

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nounWord forms: plural ˈoraˌtories
1. 
the art of an orator; skill or eloquence in public speaking
2. 
a small chapel, esp. one for private prayer
3.  [O-]; Roman Catholic Church
a religious society of secular priests, esp. that founded by Saint Philip Neri in 1564

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Oratory

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n.
1. The art of public speaking.
2. Eloquence or skill in making speeches to the public.
3. Public speaking marked by the use of overblown rhetoric.
n. pl. or·a·to·ries
1. A place for prayer, such as a small private chapel.
2. also Oratory
a. A Roman Catholic religious society founded in 1575 by Saint Philip Neri and consisting of secular priests.
b. A branch or church of this society.

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