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An orator, or oratist, is a public speaker. An orator may also be called an oratorian — literally, "one who orates".
Recorded in English c. 1374, with a meaning of "one who pleads or argues for a cause", from Anglo-French oratour, Old French orateur (14th century), Latin orator ("speaker"), from orare ("speak before a court or assembly; plead"), derived from a Proto-Indo-European base *or- ("to pronounce a ritual formula").
The modern meaning of the word, "public speaker", is attested from c. 1430.
In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in public (Ars Oratoria) was a professional competence especially cultivated by politicians and lawyers. As the Greeks were still seen as the masters in this field, as in philosophy and most sciences, the leading Roman families often either sent their sons to study these things under a famous master in Greece (as was the case with the young Julius Caesar), or engaged a Greek teacher (under pay or as a slave).
In the young revolutionary French republic, Orateur (French for "orator", but compare the Anglo-Saxon parliamentary speaker) was the formal title for the delegated members of the Tribunat to the Corps législatif, to motivate their ruling on a presented bill.
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Plot: Imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, Alexandra entrusts the care of Rebecca into the hands of her best friend, Kelly.While in prison, Alexandra fights to survive the trauma of the separation from her daughter. She must learn to stand up for herself if she ever has hopes of seeing Rebecca again. After a year of incarceration and many futile calls and letters, Kelly reluctantly brings Rebecca to visit her mother. Disgusted with Alexandra's imprisonment, Kelly never returns, keeping Rebecca from Alexandra.Two years later, Alexandra is released on account of her good behavior and is now on her way to reclaim her daughter...
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Genres: Comedy,And so they were departured
watching an even smaller land
A tragic old man, speaking words of doom
while fear arise among a listening crowd...
Brave people beware! Fate holds for our quest
behold the dangers and sorrows so near
brave people beware! Fate holds for our quest
but the divine army does not care
In search for the unkown firmly crossing the seas!
victory won't come
Old man's prophecy would never occur
in an already sentenced destiny
In secrets of the seas achieve
power beyond belief!