Definition of "oratorios" []

• Plural form of oratorio. (noun)

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• "'such as oratorios at Easter, or even medieval plain-song near Christmas', and includes plenty of his personal favourite, Puccini."
• "Walker told the Derby Evening Telegraph: "I try to pick music to suit the season such as oratorios at Easter, or even medieval plainsong near Christmas."
• "In Victorian England, where sacred oratorios were preferred to what it viewed as an exotic Italian import best sung in that language, Sullivan completed only one grand opera, "Ivanhoe" 1891."