orature
Meanings
Plural: oratures
Noun
- The oral equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk songs, stories, etc., that is communicated orally rather than in writing.
- Variant of oratour (“a small room or chapel used for prayer and worship, or for private study; an oratory”).
Origin / Etymology
Blend of oral + literature, said to have been coined by the Ugandan linguist and literary theorist Pio Zirimu (died 1977): see the 1972 quotation.
Synonyms
oral literature
Scrabble Score: 7
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