Definition of Perorations

1. Noun. (plural of peroration) ¹

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Definition of Perorations

1. peroration [n] - See also: peroration

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perorations

peroneus brevis
peroneus longus
peroneus tertius
peroqua
peroquas
peroral
peroral endoscopy
perorally
perorate
perorated
perorates
perorating
peroration
perorational
perorations (current term)
perorator
perorators
perosamine
perosis
perospirone
perosseous
perovskite
perovskites
peroxi-
peroxid
peroxidase
peroxidase reaction
peroxidase stain

Literary usage of Perorations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"In relation to the Attic theory of eloquence, it is most instructive to compare the perorations of Aeschines and Demosthenes. ..."

2. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"Cll Attic perorations in Cicero ami Erskine. The personalities of ancient oratory. THE ATTIC ORATORS of a completed harmony. Cicero has now and then an ..."

3. The Theological and Literary Journal (1861)
"In his perorations, especially, the author often rises to a loftiness and fervor that merit in a high sense the title of true eloquence. ..."

4. The Physical and Metaphysical Works of Lord Bacon Including the Advancement by Francis Bacon, Joseph Devey (1904)
"... perorations, and Leading Arguments). WE next proceed to the doctrine of ornament in speech, called by the name of rhetoric or oratory. ..."

5. Annual Register by Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Edmund Burke (1891)
"About three times a night for the last week I have listened to perorations, in which 1 have been told that the hour-glass is rapidly running out, ..."

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