🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

清唱剧

Pronunciation / Transliteration: qīng chàng jù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Oratorio/ˌɒr.əˈtɔː.ri.əʊ/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这部清唱剧由管弦乐队和合唱团共同演艺。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, typically on a sacred theme, performed without the use of costumes, scenery, or action.

    "The choir performed Handel's Messiah as their annual Christmas oratorio."
  2. 2

    A small chapel or room set aside for private prayer.

    "The estate featured a quiet oratorio nestled among the estate gardens."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin 'ōrātōrium' meaning a place of prayer, originating from 'ōrāre' (to speak, pray). During the 16th century in Rome, musical religious services held by Saint Philip Neri in these prayer halls gave the musical genre its name.

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