Both Uses of
oration
in
David Copperfield
- During the five minutes or so that Mr. Chillip devoted to the delivery of this oration, my aunt eyed him narrowly.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- My aunt and Mr. Dick represented the Government or the Opposition (as the case might be), and Traddles, with the assistance of Enfield's Speakers, or a volume of parliamentary orations, thundered astonishing invectives against them.†
Chpt 37-39
Definition:
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(oration) giving a speech to an audience