Main Entry: per/o/ra/tion
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English peroracyon, from Latin peroration-,
peroratio, from perorare
Date: 15th century
1 : the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
2 : a highly rhetorical speech
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