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oration

noun
/ɒˈɹeɪʃən/UK/ɔɹˈeɪʃən/US/ɵˈɾeʃən/

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from ōrātiō

Definitions

  1. A formal, often ceremonial speech.

    • a funeral oration; an impassioned oration; to make / deliver / pronounce an oration
    • […] there is ſuch confuſion in my powers, / As after ſome Oration fairely ſpoke / By a beloued Prince, there doth appeare / Among the buzzing pleaſed multitude.
    • And vpon a ſet day Herod arayed in royall apparell, ſate vpon his throne, and made an Oration vnto them.

  2. A lengthy speech or argument in a private setting.

    • 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 […]
    • Sally bustled off to set on the kettle for tea, and felt half ashamed, in the quiet of the kitchen, to think of the oration she had made in the parlour.
    • The supper things cleared away, Gerald resumed his oration, but with little satisfaction to himself and none at all to his audience.

  3. A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical…

    A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To deliver an oration

      To deliver an oration; to speak.

      • What right have you to be lecturing and orationing? You’ve no knowledge.

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Derived

orational

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA