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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 164 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORATORY (
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Lat.
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oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)  , the
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art of speaking eloquently or in accordance with the rules of
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rhetoric (q.v.) . From
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Lat. oratorium, sc. templum, a
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place of
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prayer, comes the use of the word for a small
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chapel or place of prayer for the use of private individuals, generally attached to a
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mansion and sometimes to a
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church . The name is also given to small chapels built to commemorate some
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special deliverance .

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