oratory en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔ.ɹəˌtɔ.ɹi/ (US)
- /ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/ (UK)
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Etymology
From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and their source, Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs.
Meanings
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A private chapel or prayer room.
I will retire to my oratory, and pray to the blessed Virgin to inspire you with her holy counsels […].
1764, Horace Walpole, “chapter II”, in The Castle of Otranto:
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A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church.
By public oratories are meant those attached to monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc., having a public entrance by which the faithful have access to them.
1876, Michael Comerford, The Book of Holy Indulgences […] , page 29:
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(specifically) A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
They had been given the old Oscott College premises as a temporary home, but were content there until Oratories could be established in the cities. St Philip Neri had specifically intended that the Oratory should be a city-based form of communal and missionary life.
2006, Judith F. Champ, William Bernard Ullathorne, 1806–1889: A Different Kind of Monk, →ISBN, page 168:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| oratories | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Oratory | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (37)
tk ybadathana (private chapel) · uz musallo (private chapel) · uk молито́вня (private chapel) · la ōrātōrium (private chapel) · izh cäsönä (private chapel) · bg ста́я за моли́тва (private chapel) · ny kachipinda (private chapel) · es oratorio (private chapel) · tt гыйбадәтханә (private chapel) · fi rukoushuone (private chapel) · fr oratoire (private chapel) · ga aireagal (private chapel) · az musalla (private chapel) · az ibadətgah (private chapel) · enm oratorie (private chapel) · ga séipéilín (private chapel) · tg мусалло (private chapel) · kk ғибадатхана (private chapel) · be мале́льня (private chapel) · ug ئىبادەتخانا (private chapel) · ru моле́льня (private chapel) · fa مصلی (private chapel) · fa نمازگاه (private chapel) · de Oratorium (private chapel) · ru орато́рий (private chapel) · ru часо́вня (private chapel) · be каплі́ца (private chapel) · ky ибадаткана (private chapel) · uz ibodatxona (private chapel) · uk капли́ця (private chapel) · ba ғибәҙәтхана (private chapel) · tg намазгоҳ (private chapel) · tg намозхона (private chapel) · ca oratori (private chapel) · ar مُصَلًّى (private chapel) · tk musalla (private chapel) · fa نمازخانه (private chapel)