vociferation

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The megaphone ceased its musical vociferation, which formed a spiritual exercise for the souls assembled before us.

From The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar by Bradshaw, William Richard

Walshingham had seemed to win at the beginning, but finally Chitterlow had made a magnificent display of vociferation and swept him out of existence.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The quiet and the steady going here, amid the German vociferation, is of itself an enormous—I was going to say pleasure.

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry

Those who wish to make themselves understood by a foreigner in his own language should speak with much noise and vociferation, opening their mouths wide. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

Let the singing singers With vocal voices, most vociferous, In sweet vociferation out-vociferize Even sound itself.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John