Oratoric: as, an oratory style.

noun. The art of an orator; the art of speaking well, or of speaking according to the rules of rhetoric, in order to please or persuade; the art of public speaking. The three principal branches of this art are deliberative, epidictic, and judicial oratory. See epidictic.

noun. Exercise of eloquence; eloquent language; eloquence: as, all his oratory was spent in vain.

noun. Prayer; supplication; the act of beseeching or petitioning.

noun. Pl. oratories (-riz). A place for prayer or worship.

noun. 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.

noun. A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.

noun. 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.

noun. The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.

noun. Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

noun. A private chapel.

noun. A large Roman Catholic church.

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

"[Page 347] back to us with their honors thick upon them; I remember one who returned with the prize in oratory from a contest between several western State universities, proudly testifying that he had obtained his confidence in our Henry Clay Club; another came back with a degree from Harvard University saying that he had made up his mind to go there the summer I read Royce's "Aspects of Modern Philosophy" with a group of young men who had challenged my scathing remark that Herbert Spencer was not the only man who had ventured a solution of the riddles of the universe."

eloquence  oratory of our lord jesus christ  oratory of st. philip neri  

address  speech  

declamation  epideictic oratory  keynote address  keynote speech  nominating address  

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Lady chapel  address  articulateness  articulation  chantry