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oratory

[awr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, or-] / ˈɔr əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒr- /


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Hundreds of people made their way to St Mary's Oratory in the town to pay their respects.

From BBC • May 17, 2025

The London Oratory School's alumni include actor Simon Callow, trade unionist Mick Whelan, as well as the children of the former prime minister Sir Tony Blair and former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

The More Oratory Reveals Only Nothingness bill to encourage legislators to sit down and listen once in a while.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2021

The Oratory of San Lorenzo on Via Immacolatella in Palermo is surrounded by a tangle of streets so narrow and twisty that I got quite close to the building without seeing it.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2020

He stops running at the steps of St. Catherine’s Oratory, where he sits down and takes out his steaming, battered prize, leaving a trail of gravy on his shirt.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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