speechmentn.
A speech or oration.
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speakingc1275
cry1303
orisona1382
sermonc1385
exhortationc1450
oration?1504
prepositiona1513
declamation1523
concion1541
speak1567
set speech1573
speech1583
hortative1612
allocution1615
public addressa1639
address1643
presentation1714
speechification1809
speechment1826
1826 J. O'Keefe Recoll. I. ix. 341 After this grand speechment, it was thought advisable not to let her have any thing at all to say.
1854 T. H. Huxley in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) I. viii. 113 I am rejoiced you liked my speechment.
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