(pl. -ies)
1
- a small chapel, especially for private worship小礼拜堂; 祈祷室。
- ORIGIN: Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French oratorie, from ecclesiastical Latin oratorium, based on Latin orare 'pray, speak'.
2
Oratory
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a religious society of secular priests founded in Rome in 1564 to provide plain preaching and popular services and established in various countries奥拉托利会（罗马天主教的在俗司铎修会, 1564年在罗马创立, 提供简朴的祈祷和大众礼拜, 许多国家都建立了该会）。- ORIGIN: from Congregation of the Fathers of the Oratory.
派生词
Oratorian
noun & adjective （义项 2）mass noun
1- the art or practice of formal speaking in public演讲术, 雄辩术。
1.1
- exaggerated, eloquent, or highly coloured language夸张的言辞, 雄辩, 华丽辞藻：
learned discussions degenerated into pompous oratory.
学术讨论已沦为辞藻华丽的空谈。
派生词
oratorical
/ˌɒrəˈtɒrɪkəl/ adjective词源
early 16th cent.: from Latin oratoria, feminine (used as a noun) of oratorius 'relating to an orator'.