About The Word Oration
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Oration
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What's The Definition Of Oration?
[n] an instance of oratory; "he delivered an oration on the decline of family values"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Oration: Related Terms | Find terms related to Oration: address | after-dinner speech | allocution | chalk talk | debate | declamation | declaration | diatribe | discourse | eulogy | exhortation | filibuster | forensic | forensic address | formal speech | funeral oration | harangue | homily | hortatory address | inaugural | inaugural address | invective | jeremiad | lecture | monologue | panegyric | pep talk | peroration | philippic | pitch | prepared speech | prepared text | public speech | reading | recital | recitation | sales talk | salutatory | salutatory address | say | screed | set speech | speech | speechification | speeching | spiel | talk | talkathon | tirade | valediction | valedictory | valedictory address See Also | oratory | peroration Oration In Webster's Dictionary \O*ra"tion\, n.[L. oratio, fr. orare to speak, utter,
pray. See {Oral}, {Orison}.]
An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an
important subject in a formal and dignified manner;
especially, a discourse having reference to some special
occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the
like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular
harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at
Bunker Hill.
The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. --Bacon.
Syn: Address; speech. See {Harangue}.
\O*ra"tion\, v. i. To deliver an oration. --Donne. |
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