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oration |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oration \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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oration \O*ra"tion\, v. i. To deliver an oration. --Donne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: oration n : an instance of oratory; "he delivered an oration on the decline of family values"
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