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31oration — ora·tion …
32oration — o•ra•tion [[t]ɔˈreɪ ʃən, oʊˈreɪ [/t]] n. a formal public speech, esp. for a special occasion • Etymology: 1325–75; ME oracion < L ōrātiō speech, prayer, der. of ōrāre to plead, der. of ōr , s. of ōs mouth syn: See speech …
33oration — /ɒˈreɪʃən / (say o rayshuhn) noun 1. a formal speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises. 2. a speech characterised by an elevated style, diction, or delivery. {Middle… …
34oration — s ( en, er) högtidstal …
35oration — Ha i ōlelo ho ohanohano (eulogistic) …
36oration — n. 1 a formal speech, discourse, etc., esp. when ceremonial. 2 Gram. a way of speaking; language. Etymology: ME f. L oratio discourse, prayer f. orare speak, pray …
37Funeral oration (ancient Greece) — A funeral oration or epitaphios logos (Greek: ἐπιτάφιος λόγος) is a formal speech delivered on the ceremonial occasion of a funeral. Funerary customs comprise the practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to… …
38Pericles' Funeral Oration — is a famous speech from Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War . [Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War , 2.34 2.46. ] The speech was delivered by Pericles, an eminent Athenian politician, at the end of the first year of the… …
39Demosthenes' Funeral Oration — (Greek: Ἐπιτάφιος Λόγος) was delivered between August and September of 338 BC, just after the Battle of Chaeronea. It constitutes along with the Erotic Essay the two epideictic orations of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator, which are… …
40Rigdon's July 4th oration — An oration delivered by Mormon leader Sidney Rigdon during a 4th of July celebration in Far West, Missouri in 1838. Rigdon was first councillor and spokesman for Joseph Smith Jr.. The oration was meant as a Mormon declaration of independence… …
