Oratory is the practice of speaking effectively in public, or a small private chapel.
(noun)See oratory in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. oratories
Origin: ME oratorie < LL(Ec) oratorium, place of prayer < L oratorius, of an orator (in Eccles. use, of praying) < orator
a small chapel, esp. one for private prayerOrigin: ME oratorie < L oratoria
See oratory in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Latin (ars) ōrātōria, (art) of speaking
Origin: , feminine sing. of ōrātōrius, oratorical
Origin: , from ōrātor, speaker
Origin: , from ōrātus
Origin: , past participle of ōrāre, to speak
.noun pl. or·a·to·ries
Origin:
Origin: Middle English oratorie
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Late Latin ōrātōrium, place of prayer
Origin: , from Latin
Origin: , neuter of ōrātōrius, for praying
Origin: , from ōrāre, to pray
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