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(Law) (a) In equity
proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner.
(b) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in
chancery. Burrill.

3. (Eng. Universities) An officer who
is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes,
reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an
appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be
conferred, and performs other like duties; -- called also public
orator.

Or`a*to"ri*al (?), a.
Oratorical. [R.] Swift. --
Or`a*to"ri*al*ly, adv.

Or`a*to"ri*an (?), a.
Oratorical. [Obs.] R. North.

Or`a*to"ri*an, n. [Cf. F.
oratorien.] (R. C. Ch.) See Fathers of the
Oratory, under Oratory.

Or`a*tor"ic*al (?), a. Of or
pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory;
rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph;
an oratorical essay.

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