Dictionary entry

Oratory (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Or″a‐to‐ry, n. [L. oratoria (sc. ars) the oratorical art.] The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence. “The oratory of Greece and Rome.” Milton.

When a world of men

Could not prevail with all their oratory. Shak.