Definitions For Orature

Etymology 1

oral, literature,{{r:oed online, pos=n, id=246701, date=june 2004, ugandan linguist and literary nodot=yes}};/"/>theory/">nodot=yes}}; {{r:lexico}} said to have been coined by the [[ugandan linguist and literary theory, href="/define/literary theorist {{w/">literary theorist]] {{w, pio zirimu}} (died 1977): see the 1972 quotation.

Noun

ORATURE. (countable and uncountable, plural ORATUREs) The oral equivalent#noun, equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk#adjective, folk songs, story, stories, etc., that is communicated orally rather than in writing#noun, writing. from 1970s : {{synonyms, en, oral literature}}

Translations

French: orature, f

Etymology 2

From {{der, en, sco, 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 {{der, en, fro, oratur}}, orator, oratore, oratori, oratour (modern {{cog, fr, oratoire, , oratory; oratorical}}),{{R:Dictionary of the Scots Language, entry=Oratour, Oritour, pos=n.{{sup, 2}}, noformat=yes, url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/oratour_n_2, source=DOST, accessdate=2 January 2019}} from {{der, en, la, ōrātōrium}}, from ōrātōrius, , oratorical,{{R:MED Online, entry=ōrātōrī(e, pos=n, id=MED30802, accessdate=2 January 2019}} from ōrātor, , orator, speaker (from ōrō, , to deliver a speech, orate, from ōs, , mouth, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *h₁óh₃s, , mouth}}) + -ius, pos=suffix forming adjectives from nouns.

Noun

ORATURE (plural ORATUREs) (Scotland, chiefly, Christianity, archaic) Variant of oratour, oratour, a small room#noun, room or chapel used for prayer and worship#noun, worship, or for private#adjective, private study#noun, study; an oratory.

Translations

small room or chapel used for prayer and worship, or for private study, oratory