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 Definitions of oratory  [ˈɔr əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒr-]  

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Definition of 'oratory' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) oratory
skill or eloquence in public speaking.

2.  oratory
the art of public speaking, esp. in an eloquent manner.

3. (n.) oratory
a place of prayer, as a small chapel.

4.  oratory
(cap.) any of the Roman Catholic religious societies of secular priests who live in religious communities but do not take vows.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME < LL ōrātōrium place of prayer . See orator , -tory2)

Definition of 'oratory' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) oratory
addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
"he loved the sound of his own oratory"
Definitions of 'oratory' The Roycroft Dictionary 

oratory
1. Chin-music with Prince Albert accompaniment.

2. The lullaby of the Intellect.

3. Palaver in a Prince Albert.
Translation of 'oratory' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the art of speaking well in public.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: welsprekendheid, redenaar Arabic flag Arabic: فَن الخِطابَه، بَلاغَه، ف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ораторство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: oratória Czech flag Czech: řečnické umění German flag German: die Redekunst
Danish flag Danish: talekunst Greek flag Greek: ρητορική Spanish flag Spanish: oratoria
Estonian flag Estonian: kõnekunst Farsi flag Farsi: سخنوری Finnish flag Finnish: puhetaito
French flag French: art oratoire Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֳמָנוּת הַנאוּם Hindi flag Hindi: वाक्पटुता
Croatian flag Croatian: govorništvo Hungarian flag Hungarian: szónoklás(tan), szónoklat Indonesian flag Indonesian: seni pidato
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mælskulist Italian flag Italian: oratoria, arte oratoria Japanese flag Japanese: 雄弁術
Korean flag Korean: 웅변 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: retorika, iškalbos menas Latvian flag Latvian: retorika, oratora māksla
Malay flag Malay: seni berpidato Dutch flag Dutch: welsprekendheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: talekunst, veltalenhet
Polish flag Polish: krasomówstwo Persian flag Persian: سخنوری Pashto flag Pashto: وينا كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: oratória Romanian flag Romanian: oratorie Russian flag Russian: ораторское искусство
Slovak flag Slovak: rečnícke umenie Slovenian flag Slovenian: govorništvo Serbian flag Serbian: besedništvo
Swedish flag Swedish: talarkonst, vältalighet, Thai flag Thai: ศิลปะในการพูดสุนทรพจน์ Turkish flag Turkish: güzel konuşma sanatı, hit
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 演講藝術 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ораторство; риторика Urdu flag Urdu: خطابت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nghệ thuật diễn thuyết Chinese flag Chinese: 演讲艺术

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