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A speech formal enough to need a podium and a reason to clap on cue.
means A formal speech delivered to an audience, usually for a ceremonial or solemn occasion.
from From Latin oratio, 'speech' or 'prayer,' itself from orare, 'to speak, plead, or pray.' The same root gives us 'oracle' and 'orator' — all tracing back to a time when speaking persuasively and speaking to the gods weren't so far apart.
- root meaning
- from Latin orare, to speak or plead
- funeral use
- eulogies are technically orations, not speeches
- vs rhetoric
- oration is the act, rhetoric is the toolkit
- ancient roots
- Cicero graded orators on memory and delivery