oratory C2 Topic:Communication US /ˈɔ.ɹəˌtɔ.ɹi/ UK /ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #47250 Meanings 1 noun addressing an audience formally, usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous They loved the sound of their own oratory. Thesaurus Synonyms elocution Word family Forms oratories Derived forms oratorical Related forms orateoration Common collocations fiery oratory Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and their source, Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio. oratorie Middle English oratoire Middle French ōrātōrium la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics Communication Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # oratory **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɔ.ɹəˌtɔ.ɹi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 47250 ## Meanings 1. addressing an audience formally, usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous ## Examples - They loved the sound of their own oratory. ## Synonyms - elocution ## Derived Forms - oratorical ## Related Forms - orate - oration ## Roots and Affixes - Root: oratorie - Root: oratoire - Root: ōrātōrium ## Etymology From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and their source, Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio. ## Topics - Communication - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown