oratory
A private chapel or prayer roomA private chapel or prayer room.
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Meaning
5 sensesA private chapel or prayer room.
Oratorium
моле́льняmolélʹnja, часо́вняčasóvnja, орато́рийoratórij
молито́вняmolytóvnja, капли́цяkaplýcja
A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church.
(specifically)A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
(uncountable)The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
Redekunst, Rhetorik
рито́рикаritórika, красноре́чиеkrasnoréčije, ора́торское иску́сствоorátorskoje iskússtvo
(uncountable)Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
- addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
Examples
3 sentencesTom's oratory skills were second to none.
You need to inject pauses into your oratory delivery.
Oratory is stage magic.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and theiFrom Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and their source, Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs.
Borrowed from Latin ōrātōria, from the feminine of ōrātōrius (“oratorial”).
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