WordNet
n. an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election; "the nomination was brief and to the point" [syn: nominating address, nomination]
Usage examples of "nominating speech".
He won't come in until the end of the nominating speech and then of course all hell will break loose.
The distortion, the invading presence from one light-week away, had cleared for a time, and he could see and hear the delegate from Montana delivering the nominating speech for Alfonse Gam.
His nominating speech went on for almost an hour, but the applause greeting it was not Particularly fulsome.
They had concluded that the nominating speech was an opportunity to introduce him as a leader whose personal qualities, record in office, and new ideas made him the right person for the presidency.
The routine begins with the equivalent of a nominating speech from Cominius, the then-consul, and it sounds very much (allowing for changes in times and manners) like a nominating speech one might make today.
Elizabeth Dole gave an impressive and effective nominating speech for her husband, leaving the podium to speak in a conversational way as she walked among the delegates.
To escape her old fear of masses of people, Oxham had agreed to deliver a nominating speech at a political rally.