oration

Definition

A formal, often ceremonial speech.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."

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