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Oration
Definitions
- 1 A formal, often ceremonial speech.
"a funeral oration; an impassioned oration; to make / deliver / pronounce an oration"
- 2 an instance of oratory wordnet
- 3 A lengthy speech or argument in a private setting. humorous
"My Landlord was likewiſe beginning his Oration to Jones, but was preſently interrupted by that generous Youth, who ſhook him heartily by the Hand; and aſſured him of entire Forgiveneſs […]"
- 4 A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.
- 1 To deliver an oration; to speak.
"1633, John Donne (attributed translator), The Auncient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greeke, by Aristeus 1900. yeares since, London, p. 80, cited in Henry Todd, A Dictionary of the English Language, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, Volume 3, They gave answers with great sufficiency touching all difficulties concerning their own law, and had marvellous promptitude both for orationing and giving judgement."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“I orate”) + -ātiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison.
Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“I orate”) + -ātiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison.
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