vociferation

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They have long shown a most observable preference for those meetings, by whomsoever conducted, where there is most noise and vociferation, most to strike on the senses, and least to afford instruction.

From Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country by Plumer, William Swan

With assumed ferocity but real vociferation Buck uttered a shout and watched the effect.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.

At last, after an hour and a half of laborious vociferation, I managed to get the pyramid done and Cheops put into it.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various

The whole town is a scene of vociferation, disputation, and fighting. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis

There is much vociferation also going on beneath the window respecting certain wheelbarrows which are in rivalry for our baggage: we appease their rivalry with our best patience, and follow them down the narrow street.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John