Oratory is a type of public speaking.
Oratory may also refer to:
- Oratory (worship), a place of worship
- a religious order such as
- Oratory of Saint Philip Neri (Roman Catholic)
- Oratory of Jesus (Roman Catholic)
- Oratory of the Good Shepherd (Anglican)
- Teologisk Oratorium (Lutheran)
- an Oratory School
- Eloquence (from Latin eloquentia), fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive speaking.
- Rhetoric, the art of discourse
Famous quotes containing the word oratory:
“Some of the greatest and most lasting effects of genuine oratory have gone forth from secluded lecture desks into the hearts of quiet groups of students.”
—Woodrow Wilson (18561924)