Oration

//ɒˈɹeɪʃən// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A formal, often ceremonial speech.

    "a funeral oration; an impassioned oration; to make / deliver / pronounce an oration"

  2. 2
    an instance of oratory wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.
Verb
  1. 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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“I orate”) + -ātiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“I orate”) + -ātiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison.

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