Associations to the word «Oratory»

Wiktionary

ORATORY, noun. (uncountable) The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
ORATORY, noun. (uncountable) Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
ORATORY, noun. (countable) A private chapel.
ORATORY, noun. (countable) A large Roman Catholic church.

Dictionary definition

ORATORY, noun. Addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King