Bible Dictionary: Oration

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.

2. (v. i.) To deliver an oration.

Greek

1215. demegoreo -- to deliver a public address
... make an oration. From a compound of demos and agora; to be a people-gatherer, ie
To address a public assembly -- make an oration. see GREEK demos. ...
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Library

The Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen
The Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen. <. The Oration and Panegyric
Addressed to Origen Gregory Thaumaturgus. Translated by the Rev. ...
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Prologue to the Oration.
... The Oration of Eusebius Pamphilus, in praise of the Emperor Constantine. Pronounced
on the thirtieth anniversary of his reign. Prologue to the Oration. ...
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Oration on the Palms.
... Fragments Oration on the Palms. ... Amen. Footnotes: [3109] [Dupin hardly credits this
oration to Methodius. See elucidation, p. 398.]. [3110] Psalm 84:8. ...
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Introduction to Oration ii.
... Introduction to Oration II. It is generally agreed that this oration was
not intended for oral delivery. Its object was to explain ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/introduction to oration ii.htm

The Oration. To-Day is the Festival of Our Great Emperor: and we ...
... The Oration of Eusebius Pamphilus, in praise of the Emperor Constantine. Pronounced
on the thirtieth anniversary of his reign. Chapter I."The Oration. ...
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Oration of Eusebius.
... II."Special Prolegomena. Section 3. Oration of Eusebius. The Editions
and Translations of this work are substantially identical ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/section 3 oration of eusebius.htm

Oration of Constantine.
... II."Special Prolegomena. Section 2. Oration of Constantine. The Editions and
Translations of this work are substantially identical with those of the Life. ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/section 2 oration of constantine.htm

The Oration of Moses at the Rehearsal of the Blessing and the ...
... ORATORY I THE ORATION OF MOSES AT THE REHEARSAL OF THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE.
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently ...
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The Fifth Theological Oration.
... The Fifth Theological Oration. On the Holy Spirit. I. Such then is the account
of the Son, and in this manner He has escaped those ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/the fifth theological oration.htm

Funeral Oration on Meletius .
... V."Oratorical Works. Funeral Oration on Meletius . ... Of the "translation" of the remains
to his own metropolis, described in this oration, Sozomen (vii. ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/funeral oration on meletius.htm

Thesaurus

Oration (1 Occurrence)
... a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular
harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill. ...
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Orator (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished
for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent. ...
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Papyrus (4 Occurrences)
... In 1855 Mariette purchased a fragment of Alcman for the Louvre, and in 1856
Mr. Stobart obtained the funeral oration of Hyperides. ...
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Ortion
... is here the equivalent of the older Greek sunegoros, "the prosecuting counsel,"
as opposed to the sundikos, "the defendant's advocate." Oration occurs only in ...
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Kingly (7 Occurrences)
... Acts 12:21 and on a set day, Herod having arrayed himself in kingly apparel, and
having sat down upon the tribunal, was making an oration unto them, (YLT). ...
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Oracularly (2 Occurrences)

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Elevated (4 Occurrences)
... Elevated (4 Occurrences). Acts 12:21 And on a set day, clothed in royal apparel
and sitting on the elevated seat of honour, Herod made a public oration to them. ...
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Pronounce (47 Occurrences)
... sentence of death. 3. (vt) To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver;
to recite; as, to pronounce an oration. 4. (vt) To declare ...
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Citizenship (4 Occurrences)
... a sacrilege. Cicero's oration against Verres indicates the almost fanatical
extreme to which this feeling had been carried. Yet ...
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Arrayed (46 Occurrences)
... Acts 12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his
throne, and made an oration unto them. (KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Oration (1 Occurrence)

Acts 12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Subtopics

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Elevated (4 Occurrences)