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i. [Eng. orator; -ize.] To act the orator, to harangue. "Mr. Pickwick or at or i zing , and the crowd shouting."Dickens: Pickwick , ch. xxiv. or-a-tõr-, *or-a-tor-ie, s . [Fr. or a to ire , from Lat. oratorium , neut. sing. of or at or i us =belonging to prayer. In the 2d and 3d senses from Lat. ora toria ( ars )=(the art) of speaking; Sp. & Ital. or at or i a , oratorio .] 1. A place for prayer or worship; a chapel, espec. one for private devotions. "Don make an auter and an oratory ." Chaucer: C. Т., 1,907. IMG:content-0340.png:[blocks in formation] (1) Oratory of St. Philip Neri : Church Hist.: A congregation of priests, without vows, but agreeing to a rule of life, founded by St. Philip Neri, about the middle of the sixteenth century, and approved by Gregory XIII. in 1575. The objects of the institute are mi ion work and education. (2) Oratory of the Immaculate Conception : Church Hist.: A congregation founded at Paris in 1852 by M. Pétetot, curé of St. Roch, and M. Gratry. The members have the same aims as the defunct French Oratory, whose rule they follow. [¶ (3).] (3) The French Oratory : Church Hist. A congregation of priests founded at Paris in 1611 by Cardinal de Lérulle. Their aims were to deepen devotion, to promote profe ional studies, and to spread an ecclesiastical spirit among the clergy. ( Addis & Arnold .) tör'-a-trě , or'-a-trix, s. [Lat. oratrix, fem. of orator.] 1. Ord . Lang .: A female orator. "I see loue's oratre e pleads tediously to thee." Warner: Albions England , bk. ii., ch. ix. 2. Law : A female plaintiff or complainant in a bill in chancery.