0 a formal public speech about a serious subject
1 a formal public speech about a serious subject:
a funeral oration
His attitude is somewhat theatrical, a type of pose used to emphasize oration.
There are three sections to this oration, each with a different rhetorical strategy.
The bishop chants litanies and says five more orations.
The oration gave due credit as well to the courage of the national guard and its commanding officers.
Code-specific genres are no exception in this regard; hence the vernacular joke that punctuates the otherwise solemn oration.
The normal funeral sermon given by the pastor in church was replaced by an oration given at the home of the deceased.
Within a more formal setting, the learning of texts goes hand in hand with learning oration style and technique.
His well-formed orations are verbal substitutes for the written statements of academic degrees.