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oration

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7 lettersPronunciation /ɒˈɹeɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted ainoortStarts with OEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an instance of oratory

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“to orate”) + -tiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison.

Used in a sentence

  • a funeral oration; an impassioned oration; to make / deliver / pronounce an oration
  • […] there is ſuch confuſion in my powers, / As after ſome Oration fairely ſpoke / By a beloued Prince, there doth appeare / Among the buzzing pleaſed multitude.
  • And vpon a ſet day Herod arayed in royall apparell, ſate vpon his throne, and made an Oration vnto them.

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