The oral equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk songs, stories, etc., that is communicated orally rather than in writing.

(Scotland, chiefly Christianity, archaic) Variant of oratour (“a small room or chapel used for prayer and worship, or for private study; an oratory”).

plural of orature (“oral equivalent of literature”)

(Scotland, chiefly Christianity, archaic) plural of orature (“small room or chapel used for prayer and worship, or for private study”)