oratorical

I became interested in words I suppose mainly in high school, because in those days people had what they called oratorical contests.

The Creators 1992

[a] The ancient critics made a wide distinction, between a mere facility of speech, and what they called the oratorical faculty.

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus

1Co 2: 1-4, 13; 2Co 10: 10, 11, shows his words were not without weight, though his "speech" was deficient in oratorical artifice.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

Obama has no substance except his so called oratorical ability.

The Early Word: Democrats to Face Off in Philly - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

In time, the free-flown speeches of the judges were curbed; and what one might call the oratorical style of law practice died down, though it never died out.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

In time, the free-flown speeches of the judges were curbed; and what one might call the oratorical style of law practice died down, though it never died out.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

In time, the free-flown speeches of the judges were curbed; and what one might call the oratorical style of law practice died down, though it never died out.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

There will be a moderate use of what I may call oratorical furniture; for there is to a certain degree what I may call our furniture, consisting of ornaments partly of things and partly of words.

The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero

Thus his assertion (Histoire de l'harmonie, c. ii, pp. 158-159) that the neums "have their origin in the accents of the Latin language", an assumption which became the basis for the so-called oratorical rhythm in plain chant, was disproved long ago by the mensuralist school of chant rhythm and, more recently, by the Rev.J. Thibaut in his work "Origine byzantine de la notation neumatique de l'église latine" (Paris, 1907).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Her manner, at times, might be called oratorical, more particularly when she bewails the departure of the golden age, or declaims upon the prospect of its revival amongst the rejuvenescent glories of the Old Dominion.

Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. 1832