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# oratory

«oratory» in Mova's school dictionary: **The skill of giving powerful, good speeches in public** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (oratory — uncountable; an oratory, oratories)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The skill of giving powerful, good speeches in public. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/#m1)

2) (church) A small chapel or room for private prayer; also a particular Catholic community and its church, like the London Oratory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/#m2)

3) (poetic) The place in the east where the sun seems to rise, thought of as a small chapel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in history, English and debating clubs: great speakers like Martin Luther King Jr. ("I have a dream") and Winston Churchill are famous for their oratory. In church life an oratory is a place set aside for prayer.

### examples

- Martin Luther King Jr.'s oratory moved millions of people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/#x1)
- The debating club helps you improve your oratory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/#x2)
- Ancient Romans studied oratory at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/#x3)
- The castle has a tiny oratory where the family prayed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/#x4)
- His oratory made the crowd cheer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/#x5)
- The Brompton Oratory is a large Catholic church in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/#x6)
- He exchanged his royal dress for another, and next morning, just as the sun looked forth from its eastern oratory, he went again into the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/#x7)

### note

Uncountable for the skill; countable for the chapel ("oratories"). A speaker is an "orator". Pronounced "OR-uh-tree" (UK) or "OR-uh-tor-ee" (US).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oratory» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oratory/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.