The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.
Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force. Locke.
Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling.
Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms. Sweet, silent rhetoric of persuading eyes. Daniel.
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