Peroration Definition

perərāzhən
perorations
noun
The concluding part of a speech, in which there is a summing up and emphatic recapitulation.
Webster's New World
A high-flown or bombastic speech.
Webster's New World

The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.

Wiktionary

A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.

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Noun

Singular:
peroration
Plural:
perorations

Origin of Peroration

  • Adopted from the Latin perōrō (“I speak at length, I conclude a speech") +"Ž -ation (“action (nominalizer)"), from Latin -ātiō; from per- (“very") + ōrō (“I speak, I orate") (English orate).

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Peroration Sentence Examples

  • The unification of Italy in a state protected by a national army was the cherished dream of his life; and the peroration of the Principe shows that he meant this treatise to have a direct bearing on the problem.

  • The peroration contains a noble appeal to the Italian liberator of his dreams, and a parallel from Macedonian history, which, read by the light of this century, sounds like a prophecy of Piedmont.

  • In its final peroration the famous petition bluntly and ominously stated that there were only " two paths " .

  • Maury describes all the divisions of which a good sermon should consist - an exordium, a proposition, a section, a confirmation in two or more points, a peroration; and he holds that a sermon on morals should have but two points, while one on the Passion must have three.

  • After prolonged debates Grattan, on the 26th of May, spoke finally against the committal of the bill, ending with an impassioned peroration in which he declared, "I will remain anchored here with fidelity to the fortunes of my country, faithful to her freedom, faithful to her fall."

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NONION

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