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Definition of Oration
1. Noun. An instance of oratory. "He delivered an oration on the decline of family values"
Definition of Oration
1. n. 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.
2. v. i. To deliver an oration.
Definition of Oration
1. Noun. a formal ceremonial speech ¹
2. Verb. To deliver an oration; to speak. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oration
1. a formal speech [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oration
Literary usage of Oration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of the Library of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Harvard University Library, Harvard University (1830)
"Dana, RH oration before the Washington Benevolent Society. ... Latrobe, BH oration
to the Society of Artists. Law, J. oration at Washington. ..."
2. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"oration xxv. (So-called) Defence on a Charge of seeking to abolish the Democracy .
... oration xv., Against Alcibiades, on a Charge of Failure to Serve ..."
3. Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Mr. George Brinley of Hartford by George Brinley, James Hammond Trumbull (1880)
"Raymond (David) oration at Washington Hall, New York, ... C.) oration on laying
the Corner Stone of the National Monument to Washington, July 4, 1848. ..."
4. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"oration xxv., (So-called) Defence on a Charge of seeking to abolish the ...
oration xv., Against Alkibiades, on a Charge of Failure to Serve . . .256 VI. ..."
5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1891)
"To expect a dignified oration, and hear instead a campaign speech, was bad enough.
But to see the speech, in the form of an electioneering pamphlet, ..."
6. Journal by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1854)
"1 oration—Great and Little Things of the > George E. Post. 2. ... oration—Influence
of Periods of Excitement on Literature, . . W. Niel Gray. ..."
7. A Handbook of Literary Criticism: An Analysis of Literary Forms in Prose and by William Henry Sheran (1905)
"The term, oration, is selected in preference to speech, discourse, or address;
although these words are often used as synonyms. There are two reasons for ..."
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