orature
nounEtymology
From Scots oratur, orature, a variant of oratour, oritour, from Middle English oritore, a variant of ōrātōrī, ōrātōrīe (“room or other place for prayer or private study; chapel, church, temple; shrine”), from Old French oratur, orator, oratore, oratori, oratour (modern French oratoire (“oratory; oratorical”)), from Latin ōrātōrium, from ōrātōrius (“oratorical”), from ōrātor (“orator, speaker”) (from ōrō (“to deliver a speech, orate”), from ōs (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s (“mouth”)) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).
Definitions
The oral equivalent of literature
The oral equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk songs, stories, etc., that is communicated orally rather than in writing.
- It is because of this that Mr Pio Zirimu, a Ugandan linguist and literary critic, has coined the word ‘orature’.
Variant of oratour (“a small room or chapel used for prayer and worship, or for private…
Variant of oratour (“a small room or chapel used for prayer and worship, or for private study; an oratory”).
- Yet nertheleſſe within mine orature / I ſtode, whan Titan had his bemis bright / Withdrawin doun, and ſcylid undir cure, / And faire Venus the beaute of the night, / Upraiſe, and ſette unto the weſte ful right […]
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA