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In 1837 Lincoln moved to Springfield and spent the next 17 years as a lawyer and politician; his Farewell speech when he left for Washington is a classic in American oratory.

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  1. noun The art of public speaking.
  2. noun Eloquence or skill in making speeches to the public.
  3. noun Public speaking marked by the use of overblown rhetoric.
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eloquence ·  rhetoric ·  orator ·  oration ·  declamation ·  poetry ·  elocution ·  diplomacy ·  speak ·  invective ·  patriotism ·  scholarship
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  1. Latin (ars) ōrātōria, (art) of speaking, feminine sing. of ōrātōrius, oratorical, from ōrātor, speaker, from ōrātus, past participle of ōrāre, to speak.
  2. Middle English oratorie, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrātōrium, place of prayer, from Latin, neuter of ōrātōrius, for praying, from ōrāre, to pray.

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  1. I. a. = French oratoire = Spanish Portuguese Italian oratorio, from Latin oratorius, of or belonging to an orator, from orator, an orator: see orator. II. n. (a) In def. 1 = Spanish Portuguese Italian oratoria, from Latin oratoria (sc. ar(t-)s, art), the orator's art, oratory, feminine of oratorius, of or belonging to an orator. (b) In def. 4, from Middle English oratory, oratorye, from Old French oratoire, French oratoire = Spanish Portuguese Italian oratorio, from Late Latin oratorium, a place of prayer (Middle Latin and Roman a chapel, oratorio, etc.: see oratorio), neuter of Latin oratorius, of or belonging to an orator (or to praying): see above.
 

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