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Catholic Dictionary

Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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PUBLIC ORATORY

A place set apart for divine worship if it is principally intended for the benefit of a collegiate group or even or private individuals rather than for the benefit of all the faithful in the public worship of God. Yet all the faithful have a right to enter it during the time of divine services.

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