Associations to the word «Oratory»
Noun
- Speaker
- Convent
- Storytelling
- Professorship
- Elegance
- Devotion
- Nicola
- Discourse
- Confessor
- Mt
- Priest
- Headmaster
- Cardinal
- Cato
- Pretension
- Anglican
- Intellect
- Turin
- Sheridan
- Monastery
- Narration
- Acting
- Recess
- Gesture
- Courtroom
- Greek
- Portico
- Pantheon
- Epic
- Cathedral
- Dominic
- Pere
- Nativity
- Renaissance
- Edifice
- Dialogue
- Rome
- Nave
- Statesman
- Santa
- Maria
- Tiberius
- Wit
- Berkshire
- Magdalene
- Aix
- Audience
- Superior
- Bologna
- Bethel
- Reputation
- Abbot
- Church
- Genius
- Purification
- Apostle
- Seminary
- Talent
- Passion
- Athens
- Palermo
- Montreal
- Argument
- Pilgrim
- Funeral
- Shepherd
- Tours
Adjective
Wiktionary
ORATORY, noun. (uncountable) The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
ORATORY, noun. (uncountable) Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
ORATORY, noun. (countable) A private chapel.
ORATORY, noun. (countable) A large Roman Catholic church.
Dictionary definition
ORATORY, noun. Addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.