Speech-making (7)
I believe the answer is:
oratory
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">speech-making</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for oratory that I've seen before include "church" , "Gift of the gab" , "devotional space" , "Art or skill of public speaking" , "Rhetoric - chapel" .)