Definition of Declamations

1. Noun. (plural of declamation) ¹

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Definition of Declamations

1. declamation [n] - See also: declamation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Declamations

deckoing
deckos
decks
deckscrub
decktop
decktops
declaim
declaimant
declaimants
declaimed
declaimer
declaimers
declaiming
declaims
declamation
declamations
declamatory
declamping phenomenon
declamping shock
declarable
declarant
declarants
declaration
declaration of estimated tax
declaration of war
declarations
declarative
declarative memory
declarative mood
declarative sentence

Literary usage of Declamations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator by Quintilian (1892)
"Let therefore the subjects themselves, which shall be imagined, be as like as possible to truth; and let declamations to the utmost extent that is ..."

2. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1857)
"f It was at this time that Luther preached those discourses on the Ten Commandments that have come down to us under the title of Popular Declamations. ..."

3. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"Declamations in Greek on Decia x Ho ns : abstract questions (Secret?, ... Lastly, under the Empire, we have declamations on poetical or fancy themes. ..."

4. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"... declamations are frequently given by Seneca the Elder, see p. ... short ones) of his declamations are given by SEN. suas. and contr. ..."

5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"The corruption of taste and language is strongly marked in the vehement declamations of the Latin bishops, but the compositions of Gregory and Chrysostom ..."

6. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1908)
"The declamations of antiquity had an influence on its prose style—and consequently an effect on its critical opinions of ..."

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