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iod of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Coroebus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.

y, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill. The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. Bacon.

A song in celebration of a marriage. Drayton.

The period intervening between one celebration of the Pythian games and the next.

To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.

excite wonder and admiration by a display of pomp or of scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration of some event; a spectacular play.

The three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.

A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.

Happening once in twenty years; as, a vicennial celebration.