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oratory: tags: [architecture] [christianity]

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1. A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.
2. The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner;

_{Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)}

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The countess went into the oratory and there Sonya found her on her knees before the icons that had been left here and there hanging on the wall.

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 11 (Book Eleven) . Simon & Schuster

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