Oration
[ɒ'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [ɔ'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an instance of oratory; 'he delivered an oration on the decline of family values'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To deliver an oration.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Discourse, address, speech, HARANGUE.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See COGITATE]
Editor: Segre
Definition
n. a public speech of a formal character: an eloquent speech.—n. Oratiun′cle a brief speech.
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Examples
- What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony's oration over the body of Caesar. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- After the ceremony of presentation, an oration, or discours, was to follow from one of the professors. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Which of these two speeches, think you, would be the best oration for your own funeral? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My charms to him were nought: nor my oration: But what care I for Murray's admiration! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Pickwick's oration upon this occasion, together with the debate thereon, is entered on the Transactions of the Club. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And how the curates will hammer over their prepared orations! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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