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Nave Topical Bible
• Orator
Thompson Chain Reference
• Orator
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Orator
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Oration, Orator
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Orator
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Orator
• Oration
King James Dictionary
• Orator
• Oration
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Orator
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Orate Fratres (2)
• Orate Fratres
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Orator
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Orator
• Oration
Webster Dictionary
• Orator
• Oration
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Hegesippus (Orator)
• Lycurgus (Orator)
• Quintus Hortensius (Orator)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Orator; Oration
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Orate, Fratres
• Orations, Funeral and Pulpit.
• Orator
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Stump Orator
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Orate Fratres
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Funeral Oration
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OR'ATOR, n. L.

1. A public speaker. In ancient Rome, orators were advocates for clients in the forum and before the senate and people. They were employed in causes of importance instead of the common patron.

2. In modern usage, a person who pronounces a discourse publicly on some special occasion, as on the celebration of some memorable event.

3. An eloquent public speaker a speaker, by way of eminence. We say, a man writes and reasons well, but is no orator. Lord Chatham was an orator.

4. In France, a speaker in debate in a legislative body.

5. In chancery, a petitioner.

6. An officer in the universities in England.