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oratorical, a.|ɒrəˈtɒrɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
†1. = oratorian a. 2. Obs.
1619Favour Antiq. Tri. over Nov. xiii. 339 He that hath written the tales of Nereus, Cardinall Baronius his oratoricall patron.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory; rhetorical; also, according to the rules of oratory; characteristic of a professional orator or advocate.
1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. I) A iij, Wee are therefore to confesse Oratoricall treatises to have no other subject than Letters. 1702H. Dodwell Apol. §5 in S. Parker Cicero's De Finibus, The use he had made of his Philosophical Notions in his Oratorical Discourses. 1861Craik Hist. Eng. Lit. II. 351 Burke..by his wonderful oratorical displays on the impeachment of Hastings. 1872W. Minto Eng. Prose Lit. Introd. 9 The long sentence..would universally be designated oratorical.
transf.1878Prout in Grove Dict. Mus. I. 15 That which is sometimes called the oratorical accent..the adaptation in vocal music of the notes to the words, of the sound to the sense.
3. Given to the use of oratory.
1801M. Edgeworth Angelina iv. (1831) 79 ‘Your friend!’ pursued the oratorical lady, detaining Miss Warwick with a heavy hand. 1898Daily News 16 Aug. 4/4 Americans are an oratorical race, and it is as natural for an American to speak as for an Englishman to be silent. |