Oratory
['ɒrət(ə)rɪ] or ['ɔrətɔri]
Definition
(noun.) addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); 'he loved the sound of his own oratory'.
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Definition
(n.) A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Eloquence, art of speaking well (in public).
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Eloquence, rhetoric, elocution, declamation
ANT:Hesitation, tardiloquence, {imperfection_of_speech}
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.
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Examples
- Hence they generally study oratory, the best speaker having the most influence. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I would fain think your case over, and take it with me to my oratory. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The oratory closed, the dormitory became the scene of ablutionsarrayings and bedizenings curiously elaborate. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Nor did I pause till I had taken sanctuary in the oratory, now empty. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In fact, Sam considered oratory as his vocation, and never let slip an opportunity of magnifying his office. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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