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oratory

noun
🔊/ˈɒrətri/
🔊/ˈɔːrətɔːri/
(plural oratories)
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  1. [uncountable] the skill of making powerful and effective speeches in public讲演术；雄辩术 synonym rhetoric
    • The crowd was held spellbound by her oratory.人群被她的演说所吸引。
  2. [countable] a room or small building that is used for private prayer or worship（私人）祈祷室，小礼拜堂Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    3. Word Originsense 2 Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French oratorie, from ecclesiastical Latin oratorium, based on Latin orare ‘pray, speak’.sense 1 early 16th cent.: from Latin oratoria, feminine (used as a noun) of oratorius ‘relating to an orator’.