oratory

noun

1. addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)

   noun.communication

   Examples

   He loved the sound of his own oratory.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.

   noun

   Source: webster1913

3. 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.

   noun

   Source: webster1913