Relating to or concerning elocution; characterized by studied eloquence and emphasis on expressive speech delivery.
From elocution plus the adjectival suffix -ary. This term describes anything related to the art and practice of formal oratory.
An 'elocutionary school' sounds quaint to us now, but these institutions were serious business—parents paid good money to have their children learn the theatrical arts of public speaking!
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