Definitions for Oratory

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Oratory or·a·to·ry

Spelling: [awr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, or-]

IPA: /ˈɔr əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒr-/

Oratory is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in Oratory (aoorrty).

Definitions for Oratory

noun

1. skill or eloquence in public speaking:
2. the art of public speaking, especially in a formal and eloquent manner.
3. a place of prayer, as a small chapel or a room for private devotions.
4. (initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. any of the religious societies of secular priests who live in religious communities but do not take vows.

Origin of Oratory

1580-90; Latin ōrātōria, noun use of feminine of ōrātōrius of an orator. See orator, -tory¹

Examples for Oratory

If oratory is to be judged of by its effects, Csar's sermon was a great oration.

That kind of oratory is not necessarily unusual in Arab countries, even those at peace with Israel.

For his oratory work he was paid over $1.3 million (a significant amount of which he donated to charity).

And for good reason: images of the crowd at political conventions can be as important as the oratory.

Coombs closed his oratory with a soaring appeal to conscience.

When night fell, oratory was again rampant in all parts of the city.

This was a new and unfamiliar style of oratory in the Senate of the United States.

But no oratory and no arguments would have availed with that House.

The perfection of oratory is like the perfection of anything else; natural power must be aided by art.

He launches into a flight of oratory on the past greatness of Petra.