oration
noun /ɔːˈreɪʃn/
/ɔːˈreɪʃn/
(formal)- a formal speech made on a public occasion, especially as part of a ceremony
- a funeral oration
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOration is used after these nouns:- funeral
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a prayer): from Latin oratio(n-) ‘discourse, prayer’, from orare ‘speak, pray’.