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Definition of Peroration
1. Noun. A flowery and highly rhetorical oration.
2. Noun. (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration. "He summarized his main points in his peroration"
Generic synonyms: Close, Closing, Conclusion, End, Ending
Group relationships: Oration
Derivative terms: Perorate
Definition of Peroration
1. n. The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument.
Definition of Peroration
1. Noun. The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery. ¹
2. Noun. A discourse or rhetorical argument in general. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peroration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peroration
Literary usage of Peroration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator. In Twelve Books by Quintilian (1892)
"CHAPTER I. peroration of a speech; the objects of it; some think that it should
... It is the part of the peroration to dispel compassionate emotions, ..."
2. Forensic Oratory: A Manual for Advocates by William Callyhan Robinson (1893)
"The peroration: Second Form: Appeal to the Emotions: Variations in Form. The effect
of an oration is sometimes increased by distributing the direct appeal ..."
3. The Principles of Argumentation by George Pierce Baker (1902)
"Study of briefs should have shown that any carefully constructed bit of argumentation
is a steady preparation for the peroration. It is to the argument what ..."
4. Manual of English Rhetoric by Andrew Dousa Hepburn (1875)
"A pathetic peroration, in which emotions and passions are called forth and ...
Qualities of the peroration.—1. The peroration should contain a distinct and ..."
5. The Art of Discourse: A System of Rhetoric, Adapted for Use in Colleges and by Henry Noble Day (1869)
"Only the Persuasive peroration with the Recapitulation is admissible in this ...
If the action has constituted the body of the discussion, the peroration ..."
6. The Art of Oratorical Composition: Based Upon the Precepts and Models of the by Charles Coppens (1885)
"Nothing is more unpleasant in a peroration than to see the orator continue when
every one expects and wishes him to stop. ..."
7. Essentials of Public Speaking by Robert Irving Fulton, Thomas Clarkson Trueblood (1910)
"The Conclusion or peroration. This is the place of peril for the speaker and his
cause, and is a crucial test for the skill of the orator. ..."
8. The World's Orators: Comprising the Great Orations of the World's History edited by Guy Carleton Lee (1902)
"We here present the peroration : the prisoner argues that his innocence is
vindicated by the absence of signs of the divine anger; and he reminds the judges ..."
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