a small chapel, especially for private worship
小礼拜堂;祈祷室。[ORIGIN: Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French <Italic>oratorie</Italic>, from ecclesiastical Latin <Italic>oratorium</Italic>, based on Latin<Italic> orare</Italic> ‘pray, speak’.]
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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.]
the art or practice of formal speaking in public
演讲术,雄辩术。
exaggerated, eloquent, or highly coloured language
夸张的言辞,雄辩,华丽辞藻
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learned discussions degenerated into pompous oratory .学术讨论已沦为辞藻华丽的空谈。
"early 16th cent.: from Latin