Definitions for oratorio

oratorio or·a·to·ri·o

Spelling: [awr-uh-tawr-ee-oh, -tohr-, or-]
IPA: /ˌɔr əˈtɔr iˌoʊ, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌɒr-/

Oratorio is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in oratorio (aiooorrt).

Definitions for oratorio

noun

  1. an extended musical composition with a text more or less dramatic in character and usually based upon a religious theme, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, and performed without action, costume, or scenery.

Origin of oratorio

1625-35; Italian: small chapel Late Latin ōrātōrium oratory2; so named from the musical services in the church of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Rome

Examples for oratorio

The motto of the oratorio is "Love is strong as death, and unconquerable as the grave."

While Handel was writing in England, the oratorio languished in Germany.

The characterization of the oratorio, however, is thoroughly pertinent and complete.

Needless to say, it was "not equal to Mr. Handel's oratorio of Esther or Deborah."

Not even his Puritanism could enjoy an unlimited diet of oratorio.

The scenes themselves indicate the dramatic character of the oratorio.

My part did not come until late in the second part of the oratorio.

"Esther" was his first English oratorio, and it made a great success.

The next scene is one of the most impressive and dramatic in the oratorio.

He invited Spohr to assume its direction and to write an oratorio for the occasion.

Word Value for oratorio
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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