auditory
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.dɪ.tə.ɹi/ / /ˈɔː.dɪ.tɹi/ / /ˈɔː.dɪˌtɔɹ.i/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin audītōrius (“pertaining to a hearer or hearing”), from audiō (“to hear”) + -tōrius (“-tory”, adjectival suffix).
- Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin audītōrium English -y English auditory From Latin audītōrium (“the place where something is heard; the assembled hearers”) + English -y.
- Synonym of audience.
“...and because though these learned Gentlemen (sayes he, turning to his two friends) need not fear to discourse before any Auditory...”
“Preaching of Sermons is Speaking to a few of Mankind: Printing of Books is Talking to the whole World. The Parson Prescribes himself, and addresses to the particular Auditory with the Appellation of My Brethren; but he that Prints a Book, ought to Preface it with a Noverint Universi, Know all Men by these Presents. The proper Inference drawn from this remarkable Observation, is, That tho' he that Preaches from the Pulpit ought to be careful of his Words, that nothing pass from him but with an especial Sanction of Truth; yet he that Prints and Publishes to all the World, has a tenfold Obligation.”
- Synonym of auditorium.