Oratory vs. Church
Oratorynoun
A private chapel or prayer room.
Oratorynoun
A large Roman Catholic church.
Oratorynoun
The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
Oratorynoun
Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
Oratorynoun
A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.
Oratorynoun
The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence.
Oratorynoun
addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous);
Churchnoun
(countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where religious services take place.
Churchnoun
Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.
Churchnoun
(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
Churchnoun
(countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.
Churchnoun
Christian worship held at a church; service.
Churchnoun
A (non-Christian) religion; a religious group.
Churchnoun
assembly
Churchverb
To conduct a religious service for (a woman) after childbirth.
Churchverb
(transitive) To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.
Churchnoun
A building set apart for Christian worship.
Churchnoun
A Jewish or heathen temple.
Churchnoun
A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
Churchnoun
A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.
Churchnoun
The collective body of Christians.
Churchnoun
Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
Churchnoun
The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
Churchverb
To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.
Churchnoun
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
Churchnoun
a place for public (especially Christian) worship;
Churchnoun
a service conducted in a church;
Churchnoun
the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church;
Churchverb
perform a special church rite or service for;
