# oratory

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/ · frequency rank #31,277

## Definitions
1. A private chapel or prayer room.
2. A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church.
3. A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.

## Etymology
From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and their source, Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio.

## Easily confused with
- **orator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/orator-vs-oratory)

## Common misspellings (10)
`oartory`, `oraotry`, `oratorry`, `oratoryy`, `oratoyr`, `oratroy`, `orattory`, `orratory`, `ortaory`, `roatory`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/oratory