oratory

Meaning

1. A private chapel or prayer room.
2. A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church.
3. (specifically) A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.

Synonyms

eloquence

rhetoric

elocution

chapel

words

profuse talk

lofty phrases

oration

philology

diction

speech

talk

🗣️

talking

declamation

public speaking

meeting-house

verbal skill

argument

locution

Translations

oratoire

oratória

oratoria

rederijkerskunst

oratoria

oratòria

προσευχητήριο

retoriek

oratorio

ρητορεία

oratorio

Redekunst

capilla

chapelle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: oratorie

In summary

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