[ˈɒrət(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small chapel, especially for private worship

- (in the Roman Catholic Church) a society of priests without vows, especially the Oratory of St Philip Neri founded in 1564


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Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French oratorie, from ecclesiastical Latin oratorium, based on Latin orare ‘pray, speak’; sense 2 is from Congregation of the Fathers of the Oratory

[ˈɒrət(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the art or practice of formal speaking in public
(e.g: the gift of persuasive oratory)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century: from Latin oratoria, feminine (used as a noun) of oratorius ‘relating to an orator’