oratory

Speech parts

1. oratory - Noun

2. Oratory - Proper noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

public speaking speech address rhetoric eloquence declamation speechmaking cathedral kirk abbey minster church chapel tabernacle basilica
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Antonyms

dialect silence ambiguity incompetence gibberish impotence
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Hypernyms

address speech

Hyponyms

nomination oration declamation valediction valedictory salutatory

Phrases with the word

stump oratory platform oratory art of oratory

Derivatives

oratories

Examples

he 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

Close letter words and terms

oratorize oratorlike oratorship oratour oratress oratrix