oration (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *oration*:
NOUN	communication	oration	an instance of oratory

oration > pronunciation
Sounds	aorey'shahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *oration*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	An instance of oratory.
Example	"he delivered an oration on the decline of family values"
Parts	peroration	(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration
Narrower	peroration	A flowery and highly rhetorical oration
Broader	oratory	addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
Spanish	oración

HyperDic: oration