oration

Etymology
Borrowed from, from +. Cognate with and doublet of.

Noun

 * 1) A formal, often ceremonial speech.
 * a funeral oration; an impassioned oration; to make / deliver / pronounce an oration
 * 1) * 1752,, , No. 207, 10March, 1752, in Volume 6, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, p.279,
 * The masters of rhetorick direct, that the most forcible arguments be produced in the latter part of an oration, lest they should be effaced or perplexed by supervenient images.
 * 1)  A lengthy speech or argument in a private setting.
 * 2)  A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.
 * 1)  A lengthy speech or argument in a private setting.
 * 2)  A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.
 * 1)  A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.
 * 1)  A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.
 * 1)  A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.
 * 1)  A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.

Translations

 * Arabic: خُطْبَة
 * Bulgarian: тържествена реч
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 * Malay: pengucapan
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 * Arabic: خطاب
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 * Maori: onetu
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Verb

 * 1) To deliver an oration; to speak.
 * 2) * 1633, (attributed translator), The Auncient History of the . Written in Greeke, by  1900. yeares since, London, p.80, cited in, 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.
 * 1) * 1764,, The Mayor of Garratt, ActII, in The Dramatic Works of Samuel Foote, Dublin: S. Price et al., 1778, Volume 1, p.286,
 * Master Primmer is the man for my money; a man of learning; that can lay down the law: why, adzooks, he is wise enough to puzzle the parson: and then, how you have heard him oration at the Adam and Eve of a Saturday night, about Russia and Prussia

Noun

 * 1) an  (formal, often ceremonial speech)
 * 2)  (lengthy (empty) talk or writing)