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oratory

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


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Pupils from Scoil Mhuire formed a guard of honour outside St Mary's Oratory in Buncrana before family members arrived.

From BBC • May 17, 2025

Hundreds of people attended a special service at St Mary's Oratory in Buncrana on Sunday, which was led by the Bishop of Derry, Donal McKeown.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

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

His gift turned out to be a copy of John Quincy’s recent two-volume work, Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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