Both Uses of
oration
in
Cold Sassy Tree
- It was like getting hugged, or knowing that at the Friday speakings she would be out there in the schoolyard with Mama, sitting on a sawmill puncheon and perking up when it was Mary Toy's turn to quote from "Lord Ullin's Daughter" or my turn to give an oration from Demosthenes.†
oration = speech
- Every June during the time of our school exhibition, the graduating class gave orations and dialogues on Friday night.
*orations = speeches
Definition:
giving a speech to an audience