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oratory

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


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His oratory and pen helped shape the 14th Amendment’s guarantees of citizenship and equal protection and the 15th’s promise of black male suffrage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

It announced that the school oratory would be open on Saturday and Sunday for pupils and their families to come together to remember Tiarnán.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025

Obama made his name with soaring oratory about a collective opportunity to fulfill America’s promise and a memoir that was deeply introspective about his role in that fight.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

His oratory first electrified the Democratic convention in 2004, when he was a state lawmaker running for the U.S.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024

So one day she and Roger made their way into the crypt below the oratory.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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