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History is moving the furniture around in the house of mankind just about everywhere but the U.S.A. Things have changed, except here, where people come and go through the rooms of state, and everything looks shabbier by the day, and lethargy eats away at the upholstery like an acid fog, and the walls reverberate with meaningless oratory.
James Howard Kunstler

Meaning of "oratory" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ORATORY

From Latin (ars) ōrātōria (the art of) public speaking.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ORATORY

oratory  [ˈɒrətərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORATORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oratory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORATORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Oratory

Oratory is a type of public speaking. Oratory may also refer to: ▪ Oratory, a place of worship ▪ a religious order such as ▪ Oratory of Saint Philip Neri ▪ Oratory of Jesus ▪ Oratory of the Good Shepherd ▪ Teologisk Oratorium ▪ an Oratory School ▪ Eloquence, fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive speaking. ▪ Rhetoric, the art of discourse...

Definition of oratory in the English dictionary

The definition of oratory in the dictionary is the art of public speaking. Other definition of oratory is rhetorical skill or style.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORATORY


declaratory
dɪˈklærətərɪ
defamatory
dɪˈfæmətərɪ
dietary
ˈdaɪətərɪ
discriminatory
dɪˈskrɪmɪnətərɪ
expiratory
ɪkˈspaɪərətərɪ
explanatory
ɪkˈsplænətərɪ
exploratory
ɪkˈsplɒrətərɪ
imploratory
ɪmˈplɒrətərɪ
inflammatory
ɪnˈflæmətərɪ
inspiratory
ɪnˈspaɪərətərɪ
laboratory
ləˈbɒrətərɪ
liberatory
ˈlɪbərətərɪ
mandatory
ˈmændətərɪ
migratory
ˈmaɪɡrətərɪ
moratory
ˈmɒrətərɪ
observatory
əbˈzɜːvətərɪ
preparatory
prɪˈpærətərɪ
respiratory
ˈrɛspərətərɪ
separatory
ˈsepərətərɪ
vibratory
ˈvaɪbrətərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORATORY

orangewood
orangey
orangish
orangy
orant
orarian
orarion
orarium
orate
oration
orator
oratorial
Oratorian
oratorical
oratorically
oratories
oratorio
oratress
oratrix
orb

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORATORY

accusatory
ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
celebratory
circulatory
compensatory
conservatory
crematory
derogatory
directory
hallucinatory
lavatory
modulatory
oscillatory
participatory
predatory
purgatory
regulatory
research laboratory
self-explanatory
signatory

Synonyms and antonyms of oratory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ORATORY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «oratory» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of oratory

Translation of «oratory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORATORY

Find out the translation of oratory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of oratory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oratory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

演讲术
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oratoria
570 millions of speakers

English

oratory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वक्तृत्व
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخطابة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ораторское искусство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oratória
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাগ্মিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

art oratoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pidato
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Redekunst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雄弁術
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

웅변술
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pidato
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phòng cầu nguyện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேச்சுத்திறனின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वक्तृत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hitabet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oratoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oratorium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ораторське мистецтво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oratoriu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρητορικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Oratorium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oratory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

veltalenhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oratory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORATORY»

The term «oratory» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.418 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORATORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «oratory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «oratory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oratory

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7 QUOTES WITH «ORATORY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word oratory.
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David Josiah Brewer
Oratory is the masterful art. Poetry, painting, music, sculpture, architecture please, thrill, inspire - but oratory rules. The orator dominates those who hear him, convinces their reason, controls their judgment, compels their action. For the time being, he is master.
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David Josiah Brewer
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of counsel!
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Charles Horton Cooley
A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory.
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David Hare
In oratory the will must predominate.
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James Howard Kunstler
History is moving the furniture around in the house of mankind just about everywhere but the U.S.A. Things have changed, except here, where people come and go through the rooms of state, and everything looks shabbier by the day, and lethargy eats away at the upholstery like an acid fog, and the walls reverberate with meaningless oratory.
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Emily Post
Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
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John Vinocur
The sense of war, the extraordinary bravery of the Allied armies, the numbers, the losses, the real suffering that disappears in time and commemorative oratory, are not marked out in any red guidebook of the emotions, but they are present if you look.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORATORY»

Discover the use of oratory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oratory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Indian Oratory: Famous Speeches by Noted Indian Chiefs
This collection of notable speeches by early-day leaders of twenty-two Indian tribes adds a new dimension to our knowledge of the original Americans and their own view of the tide of history engulfing them.
W. C. Vanderwerth, William R. Carmack, 1979
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Oratory in Action
This book examines the power and possibilities of public speaking, ranging from the oratory of the Athenian law courts to the political oratory of New Labour.
Michael Edwards, Christopher Reid, 2004
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Tamil Oratory and the Dravidian Aesthetic: Democratic ...
This is a book about the newness of old things.
Bernard Bate, 2013
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Lift Every Voice: African American Oratory, 1787-1900
The speeches in this collection are examples of the powerful expressions of both famous and lesser-known African Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries on issues including slavery and racial equality, women's rights, education, religion, ...
Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham, 1998
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Roman Oratory
Without ignoring Cicero as the major surviving textual exemplar of a Roman orator, this book establishes a context for his achievement within the preoccupation with public speaking common to the Roman elite as a whole and considers what ...
Catherine Steel, 2006
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Representations: Images of the World in Ciceronian Oratory
. . . There is nothing else like it in Ciceronian studies."--Eleanor Winsor Leach, Indiana University "This is the first book to undertake a study of how Cicero represented his raw material to the public.
Ann Vasaly, 1993
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The Greeks and Their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in ...
Investigates literary memory in the fifth century BCE, covering poetry and oratory as well as the first Greek historians.
Jonas Grethlein, 2010
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Form and Function in Roman Oratory
Explores the interplay of form and function in both real and fictional oratory at Rome.
D. H. Berry, Andrew Erskine, 2010
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Kaka'olelo: Traditions of Oratory and Speech Making
This book is one of eleven short volumes of the Ka Wana series, which is part of the Pihana Na Mamo Native Hawaiian Education Program.
Malcolm Nāea Chun, 2007
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Oratory in Native North America
These texts are comprehensive documents that report not only the contents of the speeches but the entirety of the delivery: the textures, situations, and contexts that constitute oratorical events.
William M. Clements, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORATORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oratory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dudley duo win oratory contest
Jessie Siga, won the Suva District oratory contest on sustainable production and consumption, a contest that was organised by the Ministry of ... «Fiji Times, Jul 15»
2
A Poet's Apocalyptic Vision
Read “The Second Coming” aloud and you will see its power as oratory. And ask yourself which unsettles you more: the monster “slouching ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Madeleine Choir School renovating historic hall
While the school's classrooms and lab facilities will be modern in design, historical areas such as the song school, library, oratory and atrium ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
4
Prime Minister in Waiting: India's Shashi Tharoor, Man for All …
... asset to Sonia's Congress, especially since her own son Rahul has hardly attracted applause for his thinking or oratory or political abilities. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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First Black Leader of South Africa's Opposition Seeks to Unseat the …
A disciplined speaker, Mr. Maimane hewed to his prepared remarks, occasionally reaching for the high-flying oratory he had used when he was ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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YouTube CEO Unveils Redesigned App, Additional Creator Spaces
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Though galvanizing oratory may not be her wont, even at a gigantic digital media convention where 18,000 shrieking ... «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»
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A congressional tribute to Jim Wright
“His oratory was just so compelling,” she said. “People would stop what they were doing to listen to what Jim Wright had to say and how he said ... «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»
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In the city: A summer read on a quintessential Grit
His mother brought him to St. Joseph's Oratory where Alfred Bessette was recently canonized as a Saint. He was credited for prayers that would ... «iPolitics.ca, Jul 15»
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'I am bringing the state into contempt, arrest me for sedition'
As unique as Sebastian's humour was his oratory. His speeches, delivered ponderously, had a grand historic sweep, his favourite starting line ... «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
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SLHS students named to international conference
... Crystal Lopez, Kevin Duque and Danielle Reyes competed in mock trial, cross examination, extemporaneous, and oratory events. The top 16 ... «Pilot Tribune, Jul 15»

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