oratory

Pronunciation: /ˈɔ.ɹəˌtɔ.ɹi/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
address
Narrower (hyponyms)
nominating speech, salutatory address, keynote speech, epideictic oratory, oration, stump speech

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