oration
noun
[ ɒˈreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion.
• "Pericles' famous funeral oration"
Similar:
speech,
address,
lecture,
talk,
homily,
sermon,
discourse,
declamation,
recitation,
disquisition,
peroration,
monologue,
valedictory,
harangue,
tirade,
diatribe,
rant,
salutatory,
spiel,
allocution,
predication,
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a prayer): from Latin oratio(n- ) ‘discourse, prayer’, from orare ‘speak, pray’.
