oratory

See also: Oratory

English

WOTD – 26 December 2011

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɹə.tɔ.ɹi/

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Etymology 1

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

London Oratory (2 and 3).

Noun

oratory (plural oratories)

1. A private chapel or prayer room. [from 14th c.]
   • 1764, Horace Walpole, “chapter II”, in The Castle of Otranto:

     I will retire to my oratory, and pray to the blessed Virgin to inspire you with her holy counsels […] .

2. A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church.
   • 1876, Michael Comerford, The Book of Holy Indulgences […] , page 29:

     By public oratories are meant those attached to monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc., having a public entrance by which the faithful have access to them.

3. (specifically) A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
   • 2006, Judith F. Champ, William Bernard Ullathorne, 1806–1889: A Different Kind of Monk, →ISBN, page 168:

     They had been given the old Oscott College premises as a temporary home, but were content there until Oratories could be established in the cities. St Philip Neri had specifically intended that the Oratory should be a city-based form of communal and missionary life.

Alternative forms

• (church of the Oratory of St Philip Neri): Oratory

Translations

private chapel

• Arabic: مُصَلًّى m (muṣallan)
• Azerbaijani: musalla, ibadətgah
• Bashkir: ғибәҙәтхана (ğibəźətxana)
• Belarusian: мале́льня (maljélʹnja), каплі́ца f (kaplíca)
• Bulgarian: ста́я за моли́тва f (stája za molítva)
• Catalan: oratori (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• French: oratoire (fr) m
• German: Oratorium (de) n
• Irish: aireagal m, séipéilín m
• Kazakh: ғибадатхана (ğibadatxana)
• Kyrgyz: ибадаткана (ibadatkana)
• Latin: ōrātōrium n
• Middle English: oratorie
• Persian: مصلی (fa) (mosallâ), نمازخانه (fa) (namâzxâne), نمازگاه (namâzgâh)
• Russian: моле́льня (ru) f (molélʹnja), часо́вня (ru) f (časóvnja), орато́рий (ru) m (oratórij)
• Spanish: oratorio (es)
• Tajik: мусалло (musallo), намозхона (namozxona), намазгоҳ (namazgoh)
• Tatar: гыйбадәтханә (tt) (ğıybadätxanä)
• Turkmen: ybadathana, musalla
• Ukrainian: молито́вня f (molytóvnja), капли́ця (uk) f (kaplýcja)
• Uyghur: ئىبادەتخانا (ibadetxana)
• Uzbek: ibodatxona (uz), musallo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ōrātōria, from the feminine of ōrātōrius (“oratorial”).

Noun

oratory (uncountable)

1. The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner. [from 16th c.]
2. Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
   • 2024, Taylor Luck and Fatima AbdulKarim, Palestinian Mandela? Marwan Barghouti, imprisoned preacher of unity., in: The Christian Science Monitor, April 1 2024

     Rising from humble farmhand to community organizer to a leader of the national Fatah party, Mr. Barghouti became known for his soaring oratory and common touch.

Synonyms

• (art of public speaking): public speaking

Translations

art of public speaking

• Arabic: خِطَابَة f (ḵiṭāba)
• Bulgarian: красноречие (bg) n (krasnorečie), ораторско изкуство n (oratorsko izkustvo)
• Catalan: oratòria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 演說／演说 (zh) (yǎnshuō)

• Dutch: redekunst (nl)
• Finnish: puhetaito (fi)
• Georgian: ორატორია (oraṭoria), ორატორული ხელოვნება (oraṭoruli xelovneba)
• German: Redekunst (de) f, Rhetorik (de) f
• Greek: ρητορική (el) f (ritorikí)

  Ancient: ῥητορική f (rhētorikḗ)

• Irish: óráidíocht f
• Latin: ōrātōria f
• Portuguese: oratória (pt) f
• Romanian: retorică (ro) f, oratorie (ro) f
• Russian: рито́рика (ru) f (ritórika), красноре́чие (ru) n (krasnoréčije), ора́торское иску́сство n (orátorskoje iskússtvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: besedništvo n
• Spanish: oratoria (es) f

eloquence — see eloquence

Middle English

Noun

oratory

1. Alternative form of oratorie