- (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.
- (v.i.) To deliver an oration.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "oration" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/oration/definitions/2039229> |