Pertaining to hearing or to the sense or organs of hearing: as, the auditory nerve.Pertaining to an auditorium; designed for an audience: as, the auditory part of a theater.n. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as in a church, lecture-room, theater, etc.n. A place for hearing or for the accommodation of hearers; an auditorium; specifically, in a church, the nave, in which the hearers or congregation are assembled.n. A bench on which a judge sits to hear causes.n. A lecture-room; a philosophical school.