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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Oratorio
Webster Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Oratorio
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Oratorio
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
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(1):

(n.) 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):

(n.) Performance or rendering of such a composition.