Associations to the word «Oration»

Wiktionary

ORATION, noun. A formal ceremonial speech
ORATION, verb. To deliver an oration; to speak.

Dictionary definition

ORATION, noun. An instance of oratory; "he delivered an oration on the decline of family values".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin