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oratory

ora·tory

UK/ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/ US/ˈɔ.ɹəˌtɔ.ɹi/ rare

noun

1.

addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)

  • “he loved the sound of his own oratory”

Origin

From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and their source, Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs.

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