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oratorial, a. Now rare.|ɒrəˈtɔərɪəl|
[In sense 1, f. L. ōrātōri-us of or belonging to an orator + -al1. In sense 2, referred to oratorio.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or proper to an orator.
1546Langley Pol. Verg. de Invent. i. x. 20 Aristotle affirmeth that Empedocles was first aucthor of the Oratoriall Arte. 1619Hales Gold. Rem. (1673) ii. 92 The manner of his discourse was oratorial. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) I. 172 The auctioneer mounted his oratorial eminence. 1852Blackie Stud. Lang. 34 Imitative outbursts of oratorial argument. 1886Argosy Mag. May 351 Paul..began in an oratorial tone.
2. Of or pertaining to an oratorio.
1811Busby Dict. Mus. (ed. 3), Oratorial, an epithet derived from the word Oratorio, and consequently applicable to that species of composition. 1819― Hist. Mus. II. 462 His oratorial choruses..exhibit well-worked fugues. 1923Daily Mail 8 Aug. 8/1 The very front rank of our oratorial singers. |