oratory 音标拼音: ['ɔrət
, ɔri]
n . 演说术;雄辩;修辞;祷告所
演说术;雄辩;修辞;祷告所
oratory n 1 :
addressing an audience formally (
usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous ); "
he loved the sound of his own oratory "
Oratory \
Or "
a *
to *
ry \,
n .;
pl . {
Oratories }. [
OE .
oratorie ,
fr .
L .
oratorium ,
fr .
oratorius of praying ,
of an orator :
cf .
F .
oratoire .
See {
Orator }, {
Oral },
and cf . {
Oratorio }.]
A place of orisons ,
or prayer ;
especially ,
a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions .
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An oratory [
temple ] . . .
in worship of Dian .
--
Chaucer .
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Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory ,
or place to pray in . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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{
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 }.
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Oratory \
Or "
a *
to *
ry \,
n . [
L .
oratoria (
sc .
ars )
the oratorical art .]
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 .
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When a world of men Could not prevail with all their oratory . --
Shak .
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57 Moby Thesaurus words for "
oratory ":
Lady chapel ,
address ,
articulateness ,
articulation ,
chantry ,
chapel ,
chapel of ease ,
chapel royal ,
command of language ,
command of words ,
debating ,
declamation ,
demagogism ,
diction ,
effective style ,
elocution ,
eloquence ,
eloquent tongue ,
enunciation ,
expression ,
expressiveness ,
facundity ,
felicitousness ,
felicity ,
fluency ,
forensics ,
gift of expression ,
gift of gab ,
glibness ,
grandiloquence ,
graphicness ,
homiletics ,
lecturing ,
magniloquence ,
meaningfulness ,
oratorium ,
platform oratory ,
public speaking ,
pyrotechnics ,
rabble -
rousing ,
rhetoric ,
sacellum ,
sacrament chapel ,
sacrarium ,
school chapel ,
side chapel ,
silver tongue ,
slickness ,
smoothness ,
speaking ,
speechcraft ,
speechification ,
speeching ,
speechmaking ,
stump speaking ,
vividness ,
wordcraft
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