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e 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.

g with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.

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

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

risons, 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 Neri, living…

One who ameliorates.

One who plants or who prunes trees. [Obs.] Evelyn.

An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

One who commemorates.

Serving to commemorate; commomerative. Bp. Hooper.

A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members.

Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.

One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration.

A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.

One who, or that which, elaborates.

A laboratory. [Obs.]

An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.