Oratorical
81Jacques Bridaine — Jacques Bridaine † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jacques Bridaine Preacher, b. at Chusclan, France, 21 March, 1701; d. at Roquemaure, 22 December, 1767. Having completed his studies at the Jesuit college of Avignon he entered the Seminary… …
82De Optimo Genere Oratorum — De Optimo Genere Oratorum, which literally translates as the Best Kind of Orator , is a work from Marcus Tullius Cicero written in 46 BCE between two of his other works, Brutus (Cicero) and the Orator ad M. Brutum. Cicero attempts to explain why… …
83Barack Obama Tucson memorial speech — President Obama speaks in honor of the victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting. President of the United States Barack Obama delivered a speech at the Together We Thrive: Tucson and America memorial on January 12, 2011, held in the McKale Center on… …
84contest — n. 1) to hold, stage a contest 2) to judge a contest 3) to enter a contest 4) a bitter, hard fought; close; one sided contest 5) a baby; beauty; oratorical contest 6) a contest among, between; for * * * [ kɒntest] beauty between …
85bombastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, declamatory, grandiloquent, orotund, lofty, inflated, grandiose, rhetorical, high sounding, high flown, fustian, flowery, florid, pretentious, ostentatious, overwrought, overblown, magniloquent, euphuistic,… …
86Speech — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Speech >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 speech speech faculty of speech Sgm: N 1 locution locution talk parlance verbal intercourse prolation oral communication word of mouth parole palaver prattle …
87oratory — noun 1 (U) the skill of making powerful and persuasive speeches: a dazzling display of oratory 2 (U) language that includes long and formal words 3 (C) a small building or part of a church where people can go to pray oratorical, adjective:… …
88rhetorical — adjective 1) rhetorical devices Syn: stylistic, oratorical, linguistic, verbal 2) rhetorical hyperbole Syn: extravagant, grandiloquent, magniloquent, high flown, orotund, bombastic, grandiose …
89rhetorical — adjective 1) rhetorical devices Syn: stylistic, oratorical, linguistic, verbal 2) rhetorical exchanges in parliament Syn: extravagant, grandiloquent, high flown, bombastic, grandiose, pompous …
90declaim — de•claim [[t]dɪˈkleɪm[/t]] v. i. 1) rht to speak aloud rhetorically; make a formal speech 2) rht to inveigh (usu. fol. by against) 3) rht to speak or write for oratorical effect 4) rht to recite or utter aloud in an oratorical manner • Etymology …
