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oratory
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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oratory1 place of prayer, esp. a small chapel XIV; title of certain religious congregations in R. C. Ch. (orig. of the O. of St. Philip Neri established in 1564) XVII. — AN.
oratorie = (O)F.
oratoire, It.
oratorio — ecclL.
ōrātōrium, sb. use of n. of
ōrātōrius, f.
ōrāt-; see
ORATOR,
-ORY1.
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Luminous Holidays at Saint Joseph's Oratory!
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 12/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...right around the corner, Saint Joseph's Oratory is one of Montreal's most popular venues...reinvent their own holiday traditions. The Oratory's team offers a varied program combining...This year, the exhibit is back at the Oratory Museum showcasing a brand new decor...
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Ritual prestation, intermediate-level social organization, and Sierra Otomi oratory groups.(Special Issue: Mesoamerican Community Organization: Barrios and Other Customary Social Units, part 2)
Magazine article from: Ethnology; 6/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Cortes Ruiz 1972). Oratories are typically made with...dwelling of the owners. An oratory, usually somewhat smaller...image moves from a private oratory into a public oratory or into a church. Public oratories are owned collectively...
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Ave Maria University Unveils New Design Plans of Oratory.
PR Newswire; 7/21/2005; 700+ words
; ...design plans for Ave Maria University's Oratory. Soaring more than 100 feet and with...long linear green to the west. "The Oratory's central location is meant to serve...Monaghan. "The architectural design of the Oratory was initially inspired by Fay Jones...
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St. Philip's Oratory in Toronto.
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 3/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...day after Christmas, they visited the Oratory in Rome, and they liked what they saw. They found that the oratory idea was sufficiently flexible to allow...established in Birmingham the first English Oratory; he celebrated his first Mass there...
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Oratory in Native North America
Magazine article from: Western Folklore; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Oratory in Native North America. By William M...bibliography, index. $40.00 cloth) In Oratory in Native North America, William M. Clements...pretwentieth-ccntury Native American oratory. Given that the available sources are...
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Oratory is allowed to flout admission rules.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/22/2005; 700+ words
; ...Secretary Ruth Kelly has said the London Oratory can carry on using controversial selection...brightest pupils. The Roman Catholic Oratory is believed to be the only state school...from interviewing on the same day the Oratory was given the green light. The West London...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Saving St Piran's oratory from the sands of time
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 3/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...beneath the earth lies the remains of St Piran's Oratory. Entombed in a thick concrete shell and buried in...funds for a project to re- excavate the 5th century oratory. The oratory is one of the earliest surviving Christian buildings...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Beware the easy spells of oratory; Prime ministers and army officers may seek to inspire and persuade, but today we are far more suspicious of rhetoric.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 3/25/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...we should gather to hear rhetoric and oratory, to be reminded of the heart and stomach...must be on the battlefield, and then the oratory of, not a politician, but a fellow soldier...politicians were rather good at it, as though oratory were the necessary accomplishment of the...
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Haa Tuwunaagu Yis, for Healing Our Spirit: Tlingit Oratory. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: The American Indian Quarterly; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...is the first publication of Tlingit oratory recorded in performance, as well as the...collaborative work. This new volume of Tlingit oratory, translated and edited by the Dauenhauer...Yis, for Healing Our Spirit: Tlingit Oratory features original Tlingit texts with accompanying...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Room for all; The Oratory at the House of Prayer on the campus of St. John's University isn't a large building, but is has been for people of all faiths.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/23/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...pew chapel in a cow pasture - but the Oratory at the Episcopal House of Prayer in Collegeville...specifically as a place for meditation. An oratory is a place to speak and to listen, said...noted modern architect Marcel Breuer. The oratory's singular purpose also makes it unique...
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oratory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
oratory the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which...composing as well as delivering a speech. Oratory first appeared in the law courts of Athens...
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Oratory
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Oratory in the Roman Catholic Church, a religious...established in various countries. The Oratory of St Philip Neri was constituted at Rome...It was so named from the small chapel or oratory built over one of the aisles of the Church...
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Indian Oratory
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
INDIAN ORATORY INDIAN ORATORY. In most Indian societies, skill with the spoken word proved crucial...Americans are traditionally an oral people. Also, the stress on oratory reflected the general absence of coercive power among the North American...
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Congregation of the Oratory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Congregation of the Oratory [Lat. abbr., Cong. Orat. ], in...St. Philip Neri . The purpose of the oratory is to raise local religious standards...confessional; and preaching, every oratory having daily sermons. Confessions are...
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Rhetoric
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...rhetorical elements in prose, poetry, or oratory. THE HERITAGE OF THE MIDDLE AGES As a...though occasions for the practice of live oratory in judicial courts and political forums...style; and all envisioned three kinds of oratory: political, judicial, and ceremonial...
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