oratorio

oratorio is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.
2. noun. Performance or rendering of such a composition.
3. noun. a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text

   Synonyms: cantata

Synonyms

cantata

Common word forms

oratorios

Words from these letters

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