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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.