oratory
noun
skill or eloquence in public speaking.
oratories
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pluralof oratory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She would go off on these different speech oratories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
The Vatican has already shut down St Peter's Square and St Peter's Basilica while allowing only a small number of oratories in convents and monasteries to remain open.
From Fox News ● Mar. 13, 2020
Almost half of the oratories came from President Bill Clinton, who went on a two-term coffin fit by speaking at 26 funerals between 1994 and 2001.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2018
The diocese of Brescia near Milan, he said, has 400 priests, 408 oratories and 426 soccer fields.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2010
They must have been oratories, and would not combined contain over two hundred persons.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by T. O. Russell
