oratory

1. n. A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) Source: wordnet

4. 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. 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. Source: webster

5. A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or smallroom 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 prayin. Jer. Taylor.Fathers of the Oratory (R. C. Ch.), a society of priests founded bySt. Philip Neri, living in community, and not bound by a special vow.The members are called also oratorians. Source: adambom

6. n:100 n. addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) Source: ecdict

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