oratory.

1. A small chapel or room set aside for prayer or worship.

2. The art or practice of formal public speaking, especially persuasive or eloquent speech.

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Words that belong together

• private oratory
• family oratory

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The private oratory opened from the widow's bedroom.

A single candle lit the family oratory beyond the stair.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Place singular oratory; plural oratories. Speech-art sense usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.