英语词汇“oratory”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

oratory1

/ˈɒrət(ə)ri

noun (plural oratories)

1A small chapel, especially for private worship.At the same time, the Filippine Order was spreading its wings, and oratories were set up in many cities in Roman Catholic countries....

The oratories tended to have permanent officers under the direction of the rector of the local baptismal church.
There are the remains of a number of oratories and some stone monuments that may be pre-Christian.

2 (Oratory) (In the Roman Catholic Church) a religious society of secular priests founded in Rome in 1564 to provide plain preaching and popular services and established in various countries.

Derivatives

Oratorian

/ɒrəˈtɔːrɪən

/ noun & adjectivesense 2. ...

The Oratorians have maintained Gregorian chant, polyphony, Latin, the whole nine yards, and it is usually packed for a Sunday high mass.
One of my favorite short rules is the one John Henry Newman provided in 1856 for his fellow Oratorians in Birmingham.
Privat de Molières studied at Oratorian schools in Aix, Marseilles, Arles and Angers.

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.

Rhymes

oratory2

/ˈɒrət(ə)ri

noun [mass noun]

1The art or practice of formal speaking in public: the gift of persuasive oratory...

‘By any standards public oratory is appalling’, claimed Donald Horne in The Lucky Country.
There are various different schools of public oratory.
Fred Turner was a gifted speaker, attracted to books and public oratory.

Synonyms

rhetoric, eloquence, grandiloquence, magniloquence, public speaking, speech-making, declamation, way with words, the gift of the gab, fluency

1.1Eloquent or rhetorical language: learned discussions degenerated into pompous oratory...

Crowds delighted in speeches filled with double talk ridiculing the pompous, bombastic oratory that characterized familiar memorial rituals.
Although identified as a fierce partisan, he received high marks from members of both political parties for his hard work, reasonableness, and eloquent oratory.
Each of these bands was headed by both a war leader and a civil leader, the former chosen because of his reputation as a warrior, and the later chosen because of his eloquent oratory.

Origin

Early 16th century: from Latin oratoria, feminine (used as a noun) of oratorius 'relating to an orator'.

单词	oratory
释义	oratory1 /ˈɒrət(ə)ri / noun (plural oratories) 1A small chapel, especially for private worship.At the same time, the Filippine Order was spreading its wings, and oratories were set up in many cities in Roman Catholic countries.... The oratories tended to have permanent officers under the direction of the rector of the local baptismal church. There are the remains of a number of oratories and some stone monuments that may be pre-Christian. 2 (Oratory) (In the Roman Catholic Church) a religious society of secular priests founded in Rome in 1564 to provide plain preaching and popular services and established in various countries. Derivatives Oratorian /ɒrəˈtɔːrɪən / noun & adjectivesense 2. ... The Oratorians have maintained Gregorian chant, polyphony, Latin, the whole nine yards, and it is usually packed for a Sunday high mass. One of my favorite short rules is the one John Henry Newman provided in 1856 for his fellow Oratorians in Birmingham. Privat de Molières studied at Oratorian schools in Aix, Marseilles, Arles and Angers. 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. Rhymes exploratory, laboratory oratory2 /ˈɒrət(ə)ri / noun [mass noun] 1The art or practice of formal speaking in public: the gift of persuasive oratory... ‘By any standards public oratory is appalling’, claimed Donald Horne in The Lucky Country. There are various different schools of public oratory. Fred Turner was a gifted speaker, attracted to books and public oratory. Synonyms rhetoric, eloquence, grandiloquence, magniloquence, public speaking, speech-making, declamation, way with words, the gift of the gab, fluency 1.1Eloquent or rhetorical language: learned discussions degenerated into pompous oratory... Crowds delighted in speeches filled with double talk ridiculing the pompous, bombastic oratory that characterized familiar memorial rituals. Although identified as a fierce partisan, he received high marks from members of both political parties for his hard work, reasonableness, and eloquent oratory. Each of these bands was headed by both a war leader and a civil leader, the former chosen because of his reputation as a warrior, and the later chosen because of his eloquent oratory. Origin Early 16th century: from Latin oratoria, feminine (used as a noun) of oratorius 'relating to an orator'.
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