to deliver an oration

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• Oration — O*ra tion, v. i. To deliver an oration. Donne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• oration — n. 1) to deliver an oration 2) a funeral oration * * * a funeral oration to deliver an oration …   Combinatory dictionary

• Funeral 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… …   Wikipedia

• Demosthenes' 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… …   Wikipedia

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• Massacre Day — was a holiday in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1771 to 1783. It was held on March 5, the anniversary of the 1770 Boston Massacre. Each year a featured speaker would deliver an oration to commemorate the massacre. The speech would subsequently be… …   Wikipedia

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• orate — /aw rayt , oh rayt , awr ayt, ohr ayt/, v.i., v.t., orated, orating. to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim. [1590 1600; back formation from ORATION] * * * …   Universalium

• Knute Nelson — Infobox Governor name=Knute Nelson caption=Knute Nelson order= 12th office= Governor of Minnesota term start= January 4, 1893 term end= January 31, 1895 lieutenant= David Marston Clough predecessor= William Rush Merriam successor= David Marston… …   Wikipedia

• Nicholas Sanders — (also spelled Sander) (circa 1530 – 1581) was an English Roman Catholic priest and polemicist. Contents 1 Early life 2 Priesthood 3 Irish expedition 4 Legacy …   Wikipedia

• orate — o•rate [[t]ɔˈreɪt, oʊˈreɪt, ˈɔr eɪt, ˈoʊr eɪt[/t]] v. i. v. t. rat•ed, rat•ing to deliver an oration, esp. to speak pompously • Etymology: 1590–1600 …   From formal English to slang