a formal speech made on a public occasion, especially as part of a ceremony 演说,致辞(尤指作为仪式的一部分) a funeral oration 悼词。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOration is used after these nouns:- funeral
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a prayer): from Latin oratio(n-) ‘discourse, prayer’, from orare ‘speak, pray’.