Oration

Noun

 * 1) a formal ceremonial speech

Derived terms

 * oratory

Adjectives for Oration
powerful; sham; eloquent; passionate; infantile; panegyrical.

Verbs for Oration
blurt out—; comprehend—; criticize—; deliver—; dispute—; frame—; garnish—with; plan—; pour forth—; recite—; render—; spout—; —declaims; —decries; —exhorts; —expounds; —harangues; —incites; —inflames; —informs; —impassions; —sways.

Thesaurus
address, after-dinner speech, allocution, chalk talk, debate, declamation, declaration, diatribe, discourse, eulogy, exhortation, filibuster, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration, harangue, homily, hortatory address, inaugural, inaugural address, invective, jeremiad, lecture, monologue, panegyric, pep talk, peroration, philippic, pitch, prepared speech, prepared text, public speech, reading, recital, recitation, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, set speech, speech, speechification, speeching, spiel, talk, talkathon, tirade, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address

Etymology
oratio:. Cognate with orison:.

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