Definition of
oratory has definitions from the field of rhetoric
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[ noun ] (rhetoric) addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)

Examples

"he loved the sound of his own oratory"

Related terms

address oration declamation stump_speech valediction nominating_address keynote_speech

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Rhymes with

exploratory expiratory preparatory migratory excretory celebratory laboratory preparatory declaratory laudatory reformatory dormitory defamatory lavatory depository ambulatory derogatory interrogatory investigatory explanatory oscillatory statutory regulatory discriminatory articulatory hallucinatory congratulatory circulatory repository participatory anticipatory inflammatory confirmatory compensatory transitory retaliatory respiratory aleatory conciliatory exculpatory observatory desultory mandatory signatory contributory purgatory revelatory prohibitory inhibitory accusatory predatory territory dilatory obligatory depilatory auditory conservatory inventory tory category promissory allegory repertory multistory outlawry storey story montessori dory gory lorry corrie lory hoary florey flory glory quarry

Phonetic and Homophones

AO1 R AH0 T AO2 R IY0

Similar Spelling

orator oratorio oratorical

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