oratory
See also: Oratory
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and their source, Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio.
NounEdit
oratory (plural oratories)
- A private chapel or prayer room. [from 14th c.]
- 1764, Horace Walpole, “chapter II”, in The Castle of Otranto:
- I will retire to my oratory, and pray to the blessed Virgin to inspire you with her holy counsels […] .
- A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church.
- 1876, Michael Comerford, The Book of Holy Indulgences […] , page 29:
- By public oratories are meant those attached to monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc., having a public entrance by which the faithful have access to them.
- (specifically) A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
- 2006, Judith F. Champ, William Bernard Ullathorne, 1806–1889: A Different Kind of Monk, →ISBN, page 168:
- They had been given the old Oscott College premises as a temporary home, but were content there until Oratories could be established in the cities. St Philip Neri had specifically intended that the Oratory should be a city-based form of communal and missionary life.
Alternative formsEdit
- (church of the Oratory of St Philip Neri): Oratory
TranslationsEdit
private chapel
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large Roman Catholic church
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Latin ōrātōria, from the feminine of ōrātōrius (“oratorial”).
NounEdit
oratory (uncountable)
- The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner. [from 16th c.]
- Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
SynonymsEdit
- (art of public speaking): public speaking
TranslationsEdit
art of public speaking
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eloquence — see eloquence
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
oratory
- Alternative form of oratorie