oratory.
A private chapel or prayer room.
Meaning & usage
A private chapel or prayer room.
A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church.
A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and their source, Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs.
The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ōrātōria, from the feminine of ōrātōrius (“oratorial”).
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