1. oratory - Noun
2. Oratory - Proper noun
A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.
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: Webster's dictionaryhe loved the sound of his own oratory Source: Internet
Adams' Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory (1810) looks at the fate of ancient oratory, the necessity of liberty for it to flourish, and its importance as a unifying element for a new nation of diverse cultures and beliefs. Source: Internet
After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement from Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory citation and incisive antislavery writings. Source: Internet
An elderly priest, through an interpreter informed him that in that oratory was venerated the Body of St. Thomas the Apostle. Source: Internet
After Harding's resurrection of it, it came to mean empty oratory. Source: Internet
Ammianus Marcellinus in history, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus in oratory, and Ausonius and Rutilius Claudius Namatianus in poetry all wrote with great talent. Source: Internet