The private oratory of the 1917 Code corresponds very closely with the 1983 Code's chapel, as they are both places of worship for specific individuals.

The adjoining chapel, built in the late thirteenth century, was probably used as the Archbishop's private oratory.

The priest's attention seemed to retire to some private oratory to wait until she got through.

It is a private oratory of Trinitarian bishops dating from the turn of the 6th century.

But by the late 1970's, its public and private oratory became less important; as its repertory lost ground in American culture, so did the piano.

Internally, there are 19th-century frescoes in the piano nobile and a private oratory with painted decorations.

Here he set up a private oratory, which was frequented by many early convert members of Oxford University.

The ducal family had a private oratory overlooking the church (now destroyed), though their visits were in fact rare.

Beside the laird's hall on the third floor a window embrasure was converted into a small private oratory for her use.

Jean de Berry is depicted in prayer, kneeling at a private oratory.