a formal public speech, esp. one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.

a public speech characterized by a studied or elevated style, diction, or delivery.

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print , writing

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address , chalk talk , declamation , discourse , harangue , homily , lecture , pep talk * , pitch * , sermon , soapbox , spiel * , allocution , prelection , talk , eulogy , rhetoric , speech