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Hypernyms (Type of)

  1. address
  2. speech

What Google Knows

Public speaking, also called oratory, is the act or skill of delivering speeches on a subject before a live audience. Public speaking has played an important cultural role in human history.

Related Definition

  1. oratory:

    n A private chapel or prayer room.

    n A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church.

    n (specifically) A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.

    n The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.

    n Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

    n (Roman Catholicism) The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, a society of priests and lay brothers founded in 1575.

    n Alternative letter-case form of oratory: a church belonging to the Oratory. [A private chapel or prayer room.]


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