oratoryn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɒrət(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈɔrəˌtɔri/

Forms: Middle English oratori, Middle English oritorie, Middle English orratorye, Middle English ortorie, Middle English orytorie, Middle English orytorye, Middle English–1500s oratorye, Middle English–1600s oratorie, Middle English– oratory, 1500s orrotorye; Scottish pre-1700 oratorie, pre-1700 oratoury, pre-1700 oratry, pre-1700 oritori, pre-1700 oritorie, pre-1700 1700s– oratory.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French oratorie; Latin oratorium, ōrātōrius.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman oratorie, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French oratoire (c1200 in Old French; earlier as oratur: see oratour n.) and their etymon post-classical Latin oratorium place of prayer (Vulgate), use as noun of neuter singular of classical Latin ōrātōrius oratory adj. (see also note below). With sense 1a compare Spanish oratorio (1246–52; earlier as oradero (1230)), Catalan oratori (1278), Italian oratorio (a1324 in this sense: see oratorio n.), Old Occitan oratori (early 14th cent.; earlier as orador (late 12th cent.)), Portuguese oratório (14th cent.). With sense 1b compare Middle French, French †oratoire (1377 in this sense), post-classical Latin oratorium (8th cent. in this sense).Post-classical Latin oratorium frequently corresponds to Byzantine Greek εὐκτηριον place of prayer. With the sense development in Latin compare also post-classical Latin oratorius (adjective) for prayer (5th cent., only recorded of buildings used for prayer, frequently corresponding to Byzantine Greek εὐκτηριος , adjective), and post-classical Latin orator person who prays (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian). With sense 2 compare oratour n. 2.

a. A place of prayer; a room or building for private worship, esp., in the Christian Church, a small chapel or shrine in or attached to a house, monastery, church, etc. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > oratory > [noun]

bead-housec1160

oratorya1382

oratourc1400

oraculum1565

proseucha1602

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Judith ix. 1 Judit wente in to hir oratorie &..putte asken vp on hir heued.

c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1905 In worship of Venus goddesse of loue Doon make an auter and an oratorie.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 365 Aboute þe oratorie of Seint Keynewyn, wilewys bereþ apples.

a1425 St. Anthony 23 in Anglia (1881) 4 127 (MED) Saynt Antony ordand ane oratory & many celles, & þer he dwelled wyt hys breþer.

c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. B. 652 (MED) He satte aloone in his oratorie Seieng his praiers.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HHvii For streight way he gothe in to the chambre or oratorie of his conscience, which god hath buylded in his soule.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxi. 137 In temples hallowed for publique vse and not in priuate oratories.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. iv. §5 So at Gibeah at the Oratory there, we find a company of Prophets coming down from the high place..prophecying.

1717 G. Ross Let. 20 Sept. in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church (1969) 111 T'is made of wood..and..when thoroughly finished will make, we think as fair and complete an oratory, as any not made of Brick.

1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 405 The way to it is full of chapels in the manner of oratories.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 131 ‘Where is Lady Margaret?’ was Edith's second question. ‘In her oratory,’ was the reply; a cell adjoining to the old chapel.

1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 27 The inmost oratory of my soul, Wherein thou ever dwellest quick or dead.

1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 619/1 An oratory is public or private, according as it has or has not a door opening into the public road.

1978 M. Girouard Life of Eng. Country House iii. 56 Early closets were sometimes also called oratories; these were probably for devotions only, but the same closet could be put to both uses.

1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) II. xiii. 660 Glendalough's most famous building..has to be the solid barrel-vaulted stone oratory of St Kevin's Church.

†b. A folding stool on which a person kneels when praying. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > furniture > table > [noun] > at which litany is recited

faldstoola1626

prie-dieu1687

oratory1697

litany-desk1725

litany-stool1845

1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 150 When a Person of Quality, or a strange Lady comes in, the Sexton spreads a large Carpet before 'em, upon which he..sets an Oratory with Cushions.

1760 T. Gray Let. 2 Sept. in Corr. (1971) II. 701 In St. John's Library is what I take for the original of Lady Margaret, kneeling at her oratory under a state.

†2. The medium through which a god is supposed to speak; = oracle n. 1. Cf. oratour n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > oracle of

oraclec1425

oratorya1522

oracler1584

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle

oraclec1425

oraculumc1450

oratorya1522

oratoura1522

oracler1584

trivet1587

tripos1589

oraclist1603

tripod1603

presagitian1652

responsory1677

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. v. 173 Responsis, schaw Furth of my faderis oratoury [L. adyto] law.

†3. A place for public speaking. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > place for making speeches

oratory1614

Speakers' Corner1936

1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia i. i. xii. 9 It may bee englished the great Oratory, or place of common plea.

1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 195 (note) J. Henley, the Orator..set up his Oratory in Newport-Market, Butcher-row.

4. In the names of certain religious societies in the Roman Catholic Church.

a. In full (Congregation of the) French Oratory. An order founded by Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle in Paris in 1611, named after the oratory society of Philip Neri and having the aim of strengthening ecclesiastical discipline and deepening devotion among the secular clergy and the population generally. Now historical.The Congregation of the French Oratory was dissolved during the French Revolution, but in 1852 it was re-established by L. P. Pététot and A. J. A. Gratry as the Oratoire de Jésus-Christ et de Marie Immaculée (to which organization the name Oratory was similarly applied in English).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Oratorian Society > [noun]

(Congregation of the) French Oratory1884

1660 Public Intelligencer No. 216. 1104 From Paris..the Father Senault Priest of the Oratorie, made the solemn Funeral discourse to the content of the Company.

1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 219 At Paris Vincent became acquainted with the holy priest Monsieur de Berulle, who was afterwards cardinal, and at that time was taken up in founding the Congregation of the French Oratory.

1815 D. Stewart Diss. Progress Philos. (1854) i. ii. 151 (note) Malebranche belonged to the Congregation of the Oratory; a society much more nearly allied to the Jansenists than to the Jesuits.

1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 620/1 Among the eminent men whom the French Oratory produced were Thomassin,..Lejeune, Richard Simon, Malebranche, Quesnel, Pouget, Massillon [etc.].

1885 Catholic World Mar. 738 The Rev. Father Adolphe Perraud, priest of the Oratory of the Immaculate Conception, made a thorough personal investigation of Irish life.

1960 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 21 566 Smith adhered to a theological tenet almost uniquely characteristic of the mystical theologians of the French Oratory in the XVIIth century.

1996 Isis 87 81 The writer who participated more earnestly than any other in the debate was Joseph-Etienne Bertier (1702–83), a priest of the Congregation of the Oratory.

1998 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 70 592 The Oratory..was a loosely organized congregation of secular priests who lived together but took no vows and were responsible for supporting themselves as individuals.

b. In full The Oratory of St Philip Neri (also Congregation of the Fathers of the Oratory). A society of priests without vows, founded in Rome in 1564, whose purpose was to preach in a plain style to uneducated congregations; (hence) any of the branches of this society constituted elsewhere, as the Oratory at Birmingham, the Brompton Oratory, etc.The Oratory of St Philip Neri was constituted in 1564 and recognized by the Pope in 1575. It was so named from the small chapel or oratory built over one of the aisles of the Church of St Jerome, in which Philip Neri and his followers, ‘Fathers of the Oratory’, carried on their work for six years before 1564. In 1577 the congregation moved to the new church (Chiesa Nuova) of the Valicella, in which were conducted the services with their emphasis on music; cf. oratorio n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > laity > lay associations > oratory > [noun]

oratoryc1660

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 233 This Evening I was invited to heare rare musique at the Chiesa Nova,..the black marble Pillars within lead us to that most precious Oratory of Philipus Nerius their founder: They being of the Oratory, secular Priests, & under no Vowe.

1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. ii. 59 The learned Father of the Oratory.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 112 S. Maria di Galiera is a beautiful church, and belongs to the fathers of the oratory.

1849 J. H. Newman Disc. to Mixed Congregations Ded. I present for your Lordship's kind acceptance and patronage the first work which I publish as a Father of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri.

1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 620/2 The Oratory was introduced into England in 1847 by..Newman, who, during his long sojourn in Rome..had studied closely the work of the holy founder.

1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 620/2 The Oratory at Birmingham has remained under the direction..of its illustrious founder.

1915 J. Turner Let. 30 May in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 14 His portrait, straight from Birmingham Oratory, comes to you with Meredith's sincere compliments.

1975 ‘R. Player’ Let's talk of Graves vi. 217 I talked to Father Faber at the Oratory.

1999 S. Gilley Loss & Gain in D. Longenecker Path to Rome 112 It is the really committed bits of English Christianity, Holy Trinity, Brompton and the Brompton Oratory, Anglican charismatic Evangelicalism and Catholic traditionalism..which statistically are doing well.

c. Used in the titles of other societies founded on similar principles.

ΚΠ

1760–1 C. Lennox Ladies' Museum I. sig. Hhh2, 828 Vandyck..retired in great haste to his home in Genoa, carrying with him the cloth for a picture for the oratory of the society of the rosary.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xv. 146 He placed her and her troop in the little oratory of the Paraclete.

1884 Month Jan. 46 His [sc. Bosco's] institution henceforth went by the name of ‘The Oratory of St. Francis of Sales’, and his co-labourers were called ‘Salesians’.

1907 Catholic Encycl. I. 37/2 The community of Argenteuil was dispersed, and Heloise gladly accepted the Oratory of the Paraclete, where she became Abbess.

1990 O. Chadwick Michael Ramsey i. i. 22 The vicar of St Giles introduced him to the little religious group called the Oratory of the Good Shepherd.

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oratoryn.²

Brit.

/ˈɒrət(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈɔrəˌtɔri/

Forms: 1500s–1600s oratorie, 1500s– oratory; Scottish pre-1700 oratore, pre-1700 oratorie, pre-1700 oratrie, pre-1700 oratrye, pre-1700 1700s oratry, pre-1700 1700s– oratory.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ōrātōria.

Etymology: < classical Latin ōrātōria the oratorical art, oratory, use as noun (short for ars ōrātōria ) of feminine singular of ōrātōrius oratory adj.

a. The art of the orator or of public speaking; the formal art of speaking eloquently or persuasively, esp. according to set rules; rhetoric.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun]

rhetoricc1330

pronunciation?a1439

rhetory?a1500

well-speaking1511

oratorya1522

rhetorism1569

declaiming1577

pronouncec1600

acroama1603

eloquence1623

rhetoricalness1670

hypocritic1776

union1834

Speakership1887

oracy1965

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 308 Na lusty cast of oratry Virgill wantis.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 119 Demosthenes.., beyng asked what was the chiefest point in al Oratorie, gaue the chiefe and onely praise to Pronunciation.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 308 He applied himself to Oratory and Philosophy.

1721 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman 11 That part of Oratory, which relates to the moving of Passions.

1788 F. D'Arblayy Diary 13 Feb. (1842) IV. 103 He believed Irony the ablest weapon of oratory.

1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales II. 378 It has even given birth to a school of oratory in the colony.

1888 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 253 Very modest gifts, belonging to what may be called the tub-thumping school of oratory.

1971 P. Dixon Rhetoric ii. 17 An education in oratory is a complete education.

2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 144/2 Noh..combines oratory, dance and singing in a highly stylised manner.

b. The exercise of eloquence; the delivery of orations or speeches; rhetorical or eloquent language.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun]

declamation1552

public speaking1587

oratory1594

orationing1633

speeching1664

rostrum1690

speech-making1718

speechifying1723

speakinga1763

speechification1825

platforming1892

peroratory1903

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F4^v The Orator to decke his oratorie, Will couple my reproch to Tarquins shame.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 291 The king with his oratrie mitigatis thame, and cheiris thame vp.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 8 Sighs..Unutterable, which the Spirit of prayer..wing'd for Heav'n with speedier flight Then loudest Oratorie .

a1745 J. Swift William II in Lett. (1768) IV. 265 A notable mark of the force of oratory in the churchmen of those ages.

1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 256 The public papers and fragments of oratory warped into its text, are selected with taste.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 259 It is seldom that oratory changes votes.

1966 Listener 24 Feb. 287/2 A few jibes against the Christian Church more reminiscent of Hyde Park oratory than of Voltaire and Gibbon.

1990 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Oct. 56/2 His political oratory, crammed with beseechments to the Almighty, rings like a fire-and-brimstone sermon.

†2. figurative. Utterances or actions suggestive of oratory. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ii. sig. B7 The prety lambs with bleting oratory craued the dams comfort.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. ix. 23 His first care is for his cattell, whose dumbenesse is oratory to a conscientious man.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 21 A Child..began a Squall..after the usual Oratory of Infants, to get me for a Play-thing.

1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. i. 9 Quintilian, in his remarks on the oratory of fingers.

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单词	oratory
释义	oratoryn.¹ Brit. /ˈɒrət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈɔrəˌtɔri/ Forms: Middle English oratori, Middle English oritorie, Middle English orratorye, Middle English ortorie, Middle English orytorie, Middle English orytorye, Middle English–1500s oratorye, Middle English–1600s oratorie, Middle English– oratory, 1500s orrotorye; Scottish pre-1700 oratorie, pre-1700 oratoury, pre-1700 oratry, pre-1700 oritori, pre-1700 oritorie, pre-1700 1700s– oratory. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French oratorie; Latin oratorium, ōrātōrius. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman oratorie, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French oratoire (c1200 in Old French; earlier as oratur: see oratour n.) and their etymon post-classical Latin oratorium place of prayer (Vulgate), use as noun of neuter singular of classical Latin ōrātōrius oratory adj. (see also note below). With sense 1a compare Spanish oratorio (1246–52; earlier as oradero (1230)), Catalan oratori (1278), Italian oratorio (a1324 in this sense: see oratorio n.), Old Occitan oratori (early 14th cent.; earlier as orador (late 12th cent.)), Portuguese oratório (14th cent.). With sense 1b compare Middle French, French †oratoire (1377 in this sense), post-classical Latin oratorium (8th cent. in this sense).Post-classical Latin oratorium frequently corresponds to Byzantine Greek εὐκτηριον place of prayer. With the sense development in Latin compare also post-classical Latin oratorius (adjective) for prayer (5th cent., only recorded of buildings used for prayer, frequently corresponding to Byzantine Greek εὐκτηριος , adjective), and post-classical Latin orator person who prays (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian). With sense 2 compare oratour n. 2. 1. a. A place of prayer; a room or building for private worship, esp., in the Christian Church, a small chapel or shrine in or attached to a house, monastery, church, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > oratory > [noun] bead-housec1160 oratorya1382 oratourc1400 oraculum1565 proseucha1602 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Judith ix. 1 Judit wente in to hir oratorie &..putte asken vp on hir heued. c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1905 In worship of Venus goddesse of loue Doon make an auter and an oratorie. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 365 Aboute þe oratorie of Seint Keynewyn, wilewys bereþ apples. a1425 St. Anthony 23 in Anglia (1881) 4 127 (MED) Saynt Antony ordand ane oratory & many celles, & þer he dwelled wyt hys breþer. c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. B. 652 (MED) He satte aloone in his oratorie Seieng his praiers. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HHvii For streight way he gothe in to the chambre or oratorie of his conscience, which god hath buylded in his soule. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxi. 137 In temples hallowed for publique vse and not in priuate oratories. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. iv. §5 So at Gibeah at the Oratory there, we find a company of Prophets coming down from the high place..prophecying. 1717 G. Ross Let. 20 Sept. in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church (1969) 111 T'is made of wood..and..when thoroughly finished will make, we think as fair and complete an oratory, as any not made of Brick. 1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 405 The way to it is full of chapels in the manner of oratories. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 131 ‘Where is Lady Margaret?’ was Edith's second question. ‘In her oratory,’ was the reply; a cell adjoining to the old chapel. 1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 27 The inmost oratory of my soul, Wherein thou ever dwellest quick or dead. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 619/1 An oratory is public or private, according as it has or has not a door opening into the public road. 1978 M. Girouard Life of Eng. Country House iii. 56 Early closets were sometimes also called oratories; these were probably for devotions only, but the same closet could be put to both uses. 1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) II. xiii. 660 Glendalough's most famous building..has to be the solid barrel-vaulted stone oratory of St Kevin's Church. †b. A folding stool on which a person kneels when praying. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > table > [noun] > at which litany is recited faldstoola1626 prie-dieu1687 oratory1697 litany-desk1725 litany-stool1845 1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 150 When a Person of Quality, or a strange Lady comes in, the Sexton spreads a large Carpet before 'em, upon which he..sets an Oratory with Cushions. 1760 T. Gray Let. 2 Sept. in Corr. (1971) II. 701 In St. John's Library is what I take for the original of Lady Margaret, kneeling at her oratory under a state. †2. The medium through which a god is supposed to speak; = oracle n. 1. Cf. oratour n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > oracle of oraclec1425 oratorya1522 oracler1584 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle oraclec1425 oraculumc1450 oratorya1522 oratoura1522 oracler1584 trivet1587 tripos1589 oraclist1603 tripod1603 presagitian1652 responsory1677 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. v. 173 Responsis, schaw Furth of my faderis oratoury [L. adyto] law. †3. A place for public speaking. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > place for making speeches oratory1614 Speakers' Corner1936 1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia i. i. xii. 9 It may bee englished the great Oratory, or place of common plea. 1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 195 (note) J. Henley, the Orator..set up his Oratory in Newport-Market, Butcher-row. 4. In the names of certain religious societies in the Roman Catholic Church. a. In full (Congregation of the) French Oratory. An order founded by Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle in Paris in 1611, named after the oratory society of Philip Neri and having the aim of strengthening ecclesiastical discipline and deepening devotion among the secular clergy and the population generally. Now historical.The Congregation of the French Oratory was dissolved during the French Revolution, but in 1852 it was re-established by L. P. Pététot and A. J. A. Gratry as the Oratoire de Jésus-Christ et de Marie Immaculée (to which organization the name Oratory was similarly applied in English). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Oratorian Society > [noun] (Congregation of the) French Oratory1884 1660 Public Intelligencer No. 216. 1104 From Paris..the Father Senault Priest of the Oratorie, made the solemn Funeral discourse to the content of the Company. 1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 219 At Paris Vincent became acquainted with the holy priest Monsieur de Berulle, who was afterwards cardinal, and at that time was taken up in founding the Congregation of the French Oratory. 1815 D. Stewart Diss. Progress Philos. (1854) i. ii. 151 (note) Malebranche belonged to the Congregation of the Oratory; a society much more nearly allied to the Jansenists than to the Jesuits. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 620/1 Among the eminent men whom the French Oratory produced were Thomassin,..Lejeune, Richard Simon, Malebranche, Quesnel, Pouget, Massillon [etc.]. 1885 Catholic World Mar. 738 The Rev. Father Adolphe Perraud, priest of the Oratory of the Immaculate Conception, made a thorough personal investigation of Irish life. 1960 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 21 566 Smith adhered to a theological tenet almost uniquely characteristic of the mystical theologians of the French Oratory in the XVIIth century. 1996 Isis 87 81 The writer who participated more earnestly than any other in the debate was Joseph-Etienne Bertier (1702–83), a priest of the Congregation of the Oratory. 1998 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 70 592 The Oratory..was a loosely organized congregation of secular priests who lived together but took no vows and were responsible for supporting themselves as individuals. b. In full The Oratory of St Philip Neri (also Congregation of the Fathers of the Oratory). A society of priests without vows, founded in Rome in 1564, whose purpose was to preach in a plain style to uneducated congregations; (hence) any of the branches of this society constituted elsewhere, as the Oratory at Birmingham, the Brompton Oratory, etc.The Oratory of St Philip Neri was constituted in 1564 and recognized by the Pope in 1575. It was so named from the small chapel or oratory built over one of the aisles of the Church of St Jerome, in which Philip Neri and his followers, ‘Fathers of the Oratory’, carried on their work for six years before 1564. In 1577 the congregation moved to the new church (Chiesa Nuova) of the Valicella, in which were conducted the services with their emphasis on music; cf. oratorio n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay associations > oratory > [noun] oratoryc1660 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 233 This Evening I was invited to heare rare musique at the Chiesa Nova,..the black marble Pillars within lead us to that most precious Oratory of Philipus Nerius their founder: They being of the Oratory, secular Priests, & under no Vowe. 1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. ii. 59 The learned Father of the Oratory. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 112 S. Maria di Galiera is a beautiful church, and belongs to the fathers of the oratory. 1849 J. H. Newman Disc. to Mixed Congregations Ded. I present for your Lordship's kind acceptance and patronage the first work which I publish as a Father of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 620/2 The Oratory was introduced into England in 1847 by..Newman, who, during his long sojourn in Rome..had studied closely the work of the holy founder. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 620/2 The Oratory at Birmingham has remained under the direction..of its illustrious founder. 1915 J. Turner Let. 30 May in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 14 His portrait, straight from Birmingham Oratory, comes to you with Meredith's sincere compliments. 1975 ‘R. Player’ Let's talk of Graves vi. 217 I talked to Father Faber at the Oratory. 1999 S. Gilley Loss & Gain in D. Longenecker Path to Rome 112 It is the really committed bits of English Christianity, Holy Trinity, Brompton and the Brompton Oratory, Anglican charismatic Evangelicalism and Catholic traditionalism..which statistically are doing well. c. Used in the titles of other societies founded on similar principles. ΚΠ 1760–1 C. Lennox Ladies' Museum I. sig. Hhh2, 828 Vandyck..retired in great haste to his home in Genoa, carrying with him the cloth for a picture for the oratory of the society of the rosary. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xv. 146 He placed her and her troop in the little oratory of the Paraclete. 1884 Month Jan. 46 His [sc. Bosco's] institution henceforth went by the name of ‘The Oratory of St. Francis of Sales’, and his co-labourers were called ‘Salesians’. 1907 Catholic Encycl. I. 37/2 The community of Argenteuil was dispersed, and Heloise gladly accepted the Oratory of the Paraclete, where she became Abbess. 1990 O. Chadwick Michael Ramsey i. i. 22 The vicar of St Giles introduced him to the little religious group called the Oratory of the Good Shepherd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). oratoryn.² Brit. /ˈɒrət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈɔrəˌtɔri/ Forms: 1500s–1600s oratorie, 1500s– oratory; Scottish pre-1700 oratore, pre-1700 oratorie, pre-1700 oratrie, pre-1700 oratrye, pre-1700 1700s oratry, pre-1700 1700s– oratory. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ōrātōria. Etymology: < classical Latin ōrātōria the oratorical art, oratory, use as noun (short for ars ōrātōria ) of feminine singular of ōrātōrius oratory adj. 1. a. The art of the orator or of public speaking; the formal art of speaking eloquently or persuasively, esp. according to set rules; rhetoric. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > rhetoric > [noun] rhetoricc1330 pronunciation?a1439 rhetory?a1500 well-speaking1511 oratorya1522 rhetorism1569 declaiming1577 pronouncec1600 acroama1603 eloquence1623 rhetoricalness1670 hypocritic1776 union1834 Speakership1887 oracy1965 a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 308 Na lusty cast of oratry Virgill wantis. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 119 Demosthenes.., beyng asked what was the chiefest point in al Oratorie, gaue the chiefe and onely praise to Pronunciation. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 308 He applied himself to Oratory and Philosophy. 1721 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman 11 That part of Oratory, which relates to the moving of Passions. 1788 F. D'Arblayy Diary 13 Feb. (1842) IV. 103 He believed Irony the ablest weapon of oratory. 1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales II. 378 It has even given birth to a school of oratory in the colony. 1888 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 253 Very modest gifts, belonging to what may be called the tub-thumping school of oratory. 1971 P. Dixon Rhetoric ii. 17 An education in oratory is a complete education. 2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 144/2 Noh..combines oratory, dance and singing in a highly stylised manner. b. The exercise of eloquence; the delivery of orations or speeches; rhetorical or eloquent language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] declamation1552 public speaking1587 oratory1594 orationing1633 speeching1664 rostrum1690 speech-making1718 speechifying1723 speakinga1763 speechification1825 platforming1892 peroratory1903 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F4^v The Orator to decke his oratorie, Will couple my reproch to Tarquins shame. View more context for this quotation 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 291 The king with his oratrie mitigatis thame, and cheiris thame vp. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 8 Sighs..Unutterable, which the Spirit of prayer..wing'd for Heav'n with speedier flight Then loudest Oratorie . View more context for this quotation a1745 J. Swift William II in Lett. (1768) IV. 265 A notable mark of the force of oratory in the churchmen of those ages. 1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 256 The public papers and fragments of oratory warped into its text, are selected with taste. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 259 It is seldom that oratory changes votes. 1966 Listener 24 Feb. 287/2 A few jibes against the Christian Church more reminiscent of Hyde Park oratory than of Voltaire and Gibbon. 1990 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Oct. 56/2 His political oratory, crammed with beseechments to the Almighty, rings like a fire-and-brimstone sermon. †2. figurative. Utterances or actions suggestive of oratory. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ii. sig. B7 The prety lambs with bleting oratory craued the dams comfort. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. ix. 23 His first care is for his cattell, whose dumbenesse is oratory to a conscientious man. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 21 A Child..began a Squall..after the usual Oratory of Infants, to get me for a Play-thing. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. i. 9 Quintilian, in his remarks on the oratory of fingers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). oratoryadj. Brit. /ˈɒrət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈɔrəˌtɔri/ Forms: late Middle English oratori, 1500s oratorie, 1500s–1600s 1900s– oratory. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ōrātōrius. Etymology: < classical Latin ōrātōrius of or belonging to an orator ( < ōrātor orator n. + -ius , suffix forming adjectives): see -ory suffix². Compare Middle French, French oratoire (beginning of the 16th cent. or earlier). rare after 17th cent. Of or relating to an orator; oratorical; rhetorical. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [adjective] > of or relating to a speaker oratoryc1454 oratorial1546 oratorious1563 oratorical1589 oratorian1611 oratoric1656 c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 103 (MED) Gesturis and vttrauncis..seruen as profitable meenes..so wole þe techyng and writyng of men in rethorik of oratori craft, of which..prechyng is a parti. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. A.2 In exercyse of oratory crafte. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 155 Either in the Poeticall or oratorie science. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 296 Epaminondas..commanded that those that promised victory should be layd on the right hand the oratory chaire, and the other on the left. 1986 C. L. Galerstein & K. McNerney Women Writers of Spain 147 A series of articles and written speeches..which reflect the writer's oratory skill. 1995 Time Out 6 Dec. 9/5 Ms. Lamb..hands me her analysis of my oratory talents when I leave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1382n.²a1522adj.c1454
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