- Art of making speeches - Art of public speaking - Public speaking - Speechifying - A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or
small room set apart for private devotions. - The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an
eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral
discourse; eloquence.
- The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery;
haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation
of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice
declamation by students. - A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. - Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than
sense; as, mere declamation.