Vocabulary : Oratory to Orbicle
Oratory : A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions. ;; 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.Oratress : A woman who makes public addresses.
Oratrix : A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading.
Orb : A blank window or panel. ;; A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star. ;; One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions. ;; A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit. ;; A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. ;; The eye, as luminous and spherical. ;; A revolving circular body; a wheel. ;; A sphere of action. ;; Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound. ;; A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry. ;; To form into an orb or circle. ;; To encircle; to surround; to inclose. ;; To become round like an orb.
Orbate : Bereaved; fatherless; childless.
