Antonyms for oration

Grammar : Noun

Spell : aw-rey-shuh n, oh-rey-

Phonetic Transcription : ɔˈreɪ ʃən, oʊˈreɪ-

Definition of oration

Origin : late 14c., "prayer," from Late Latin orationem (nominative oratio) "a speaking, speech, discourse; language, faculty of speech, mode of expressing; prayer," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin orare "to pray, plead, speak before an assembly" (see orator). Meaning "formal speech, discourse" first recorded c.1500.

noun speech

Example sentences :

His oration was lengthy and his eulogy spoken with evident emotion.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Four years since, he delivered the oration on the occasion of its semi-centennial.
Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various

There is no measure or end of my praises, and yet 'tis fit my oration have an end.
Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus

In ten minutes the old Indian was delivering an oration to us, squatted in resignation.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

From an oration on "Columbus and the Exposition," delivered in Chicago in 1890.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

This oration should be prized, so to speak, for its "ancient simplicity."
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

But why did you make your second oration so much finer than the first?
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

You have heard, Menexenus, the oration of Aspasia the Milesian.
Extract from : « Menexenus » by Plato

Since Henrietta's oration, I am more than ever afraid of a Vulcan.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various

The oration was, in the style of the day, florid; but it was full of genuine feeling.
Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French

Synonyms for oration

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