The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ORATORY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ORATORY
- Eloquent person with year in chapel
- Rhetoric from a right-winger on “men”
- The art of speaking in chapel
- Chapel area in gold and blue
- Colourful words including one between yellow and blue
- With roof of gold, a blue chapel
- Rhetoric of a socialist or otherwise …
- Research establishment missing party in chapel
- Chapel area in gold colour with blue?
- Journal regularly ignored Conservative speech
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The straight part
We know that "Rhetoric" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rhetoric = oratory.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ORATORY mean?
ORATORY noun- A private chapel or prayer room.
- A large Roman Catholic church.
- The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
- Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.