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Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow. Shak.

An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found in Norway.

Of or pertaining to a coast.

An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, e…

A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent. I am no orator, as Brutus is. Shak. Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome. Milton.

Oratorical. [R.] Swift. --Or`a*to"ri*al*ly, adv.

Oratorical. [Obs.] R. North.

Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay. -- Or`a*tor"ic*al*ly, adv.

A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle an…

Oratorical. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. -- Or`a*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]

To play the orator. [Jocose or derisive] Dickens.

A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions. An oratory [temple] . . . in worship of Dian. Chaucer. Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory, or place to pray in. Jer. Taylor. Fathers of the Oratory (R. C. Ch.), a society of priests founded by St. Philip N…

A woman who makes public addresses. Warner.

A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading. Burrill.

A blank window or panel. [Obs.] Oxf. Gloss.

Bereaved; fatherless; childless. [Obs.]

The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Having the form of an orb; round. The orbèd eyelids are let down. Trench.

Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular. [R.] Bacon.

A small orb, or sphere. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.