oratorium

From Latin ōrātōrium (“place of prayer, oratory”), substantive of ōrātōrius (“oratorical”), from ōrātor (“public speaker, orator”) + -ōrius.

• IPA^(key): /oː.raːˈtoː.ri.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: ora‧to‧ri‧um

oratorium n (plural oratoria or oratoriums, diminutive oratoriumpje n)

1. (religion, chiefly Christianity) An oratorio, a religiously-themed semi-operatic form of music.

   Händels Messiah is wellicht het beroemste oratorium.

   Händel's Messiah is probably the most famous oratorio.

2. (Roman Catholicism) A prayer room or small chapel.

   Synonyms: bidkapel, gebedsruimte

• Oratoriaan m

• → Indonesian: oratorium

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From Dutch oratorium, from Latin ōrātōrium (“place of prayer, oratory”), substantive of ōrātōrius (“oratorical”), from ōrātor (“public speaker, orator”) + -ōrius.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ora‧to‧ri‧um

oratorium (first-person possessive oratoriumku, second-person possessive oratoriummu, third-person possessive oratoriumnya)

1. (Christianity, Roman Catholicism, music) An oratorio, a religiously-themed semi-operatic form of music.
2. (Roman Catholicism) A prayer room or small chapel.

   Synonym: kapel

• “oratorium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

ōrātōrium

1. inflection of ōrātōrius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

• oratorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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oratorium

Wikipedia ^no

From Medieval Latin oratorium.

oratorium n (definite singular oratoriet, indefinite plural oratorier, definite plural oratoria or oratoriene)

1. (music) an oratorio

• “oratorium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “oratorium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

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Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Medieval Latin oratorium.

oratorium n (definite singular oratoriet, indefinite plural oratorium, definite plural oratoria)

1. (music) an oratorio

• “oratorium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.