ORATORY in a Sentence

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For ORATORY, below is one of 13 sentences:
The first room, opening on the street, served him as dining-room, the second was his bedroom, and the third his oratory.

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 Meanings and Examples of ORATORY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
oratory
 n.  place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
Classic Sentence:
1  The first room, opening on the street, served him as dining-room, the second was his bedroom, and the third his oratory.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
2  There was no exit possible from this oratory, except by passing through the bedroom, nor from the bedroom, without passing through the dining-room.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
3  At the end of the suite, in the oratory, there was a detached alcove with a bed, for use in cases of hospitality.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
4  Out of a similar sideboard, properly draped with white napery and imitation lace, the Bishop had constructed the altar which decorated his oratory.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
5  In his oratory there were two straw prie-Dieu, and there was an arm-chair, also in straw, in his bedroom.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
6  In a twinkling, with all the vivacity of an alert old woman, Madame Magloire had rushed to the oratory, entered the alcove, and returned to the Bishop.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS
7  Upon my word it was magnificent, the style of the oratory.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In GRACE
8  An alliterative prefix served as an ornament of oratory.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
9  Having made this well-turned speech, Villefort looked carefully around to mark the effect of his oratory, much as he would have done had he been addressing the bench in open court.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.
10  In fact, Sam considered oratory as his vocation, and never let slip an opportunity of magnifying his office.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  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.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence:
1  He pulverized the opposition with the force of his oratory.
2  He displayed determination as well as powerful oratory.