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oratory::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | speech, address |
| Has types | epideictic oratory, keynote address, keynote speech, nominating address, nominating speech, nomination, oration, salutatory, salutatory address, salutatory oration, stump speech, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, valedictory oration, declamation |
| Derivation | oratorical |
he loved the sound of his own oratory.
Examples of oratory
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Fortunately, his soaring campaign oratory does not seem to bind Obama very much.
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Neither eloquent oratory nor military victories can decide the rights of people.
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Suleiman was known for his exceptional oratory skills and was fondly remembered.
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People had dragged their children along to listen to Banerjee's magnetic oratory.
From the businessweek.com
These days Bush's inaugural oratory seems, at the very least, a tragic overreach.
From the time.com
Those who did know al-Awlaki recall his emerging gift for oratory and persuasion.
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Mr Romney chides Mr Obama for putting his faith in empty, though ringing oratory.
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Oratory cannot be fully considered an art because art operates through knowledge.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There is also a chapel set up on the site of St Cuthbert's oratory 600 years ago.
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- Addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"
- (orator) a person who delivers a speech or oration
- (oratorical) characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert Graves
- Oratory refers to the ancient art of (public) speaking. In ancient Greece and Rome, oratory was studied as a component of rhetoric (that is, composition and delivery of speeches), and was an important skill in public and private life. ...
- Oratory is a Portuguese neo-classical power metal band from Barcelos.
- In Christianity, an oratory is a room for prayer, from the Latin orare, to pray.
- The Oratory St James Cemetery, Liverpool, England, is the former Chapel of St James Cemetery. It was designed by John Foster and is a Grade I Listed Building. It stands next to Liverpool Cathedral.
- (Orator (comics)) Orator (Victor Ludwig) was a minor fictional character from Marvel Comics.
- (Oratorian) The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri is a congregation of Catholic priests and lay-brothers who live together in a community bound together by no formal vows but only with the bond of charity. They are commonly referred to as Oratorians. ...
