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A musical composition, often based on a religious theme; similar to opera but with no costume, scenery or acting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cantata
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: classical music, classical, serious music
Narrower terms: Messiah
Borrowed from Italian oratorio (“oratorical”), from Latin ōrātōrius. Doublet of oratory.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
араторыя
(aratóryja)
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Bulgarian:
оратория
(oratorija)
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Catalan:
oratori
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Chinese Mandarin:
神劇 /神剧
(shénjù)
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Chinese Mandarin:
清唱劇 /清唱剧
(qīngchàngjù)
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Faroese:
oratorium
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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French:
oratorio
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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German:
Oratorium
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Greek:
ορατόριο
(oratório)
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Hebrew:
אורטוריה
(oratórija)
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Hungarian:
oratórium
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Icelandic:
óratóría
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Irish:
oratóir
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Italian:
oratorio
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Kazakh:
оратория
(oratoriä)
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Kyrgyz:
оратория
(oratoriya)
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Latvian:
oratorija
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Norwegian Bokmål:
oratorium
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
oratorium
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Polish:
oratorium
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Portuguese:
oratório
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Russian:
орато́рия
(oratórija)
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Swedish:
oratorium
— a musical composition on a religious theme
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Ukrainian:
ораторія
(oratorija)
— a musical composition on a religious theme
