oratorium

Definitions of oratorium
  1. noun
    a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
    synonyms: cantate
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    luistermuziek
    traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
  2. noun
    addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
    synonyms: oratie, rede, redevoering
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    verkiezingstoespraak
    political oratory
    afscheidsrede, afscheidswoord
    a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
    diatribe
    a speech of violent denunciation
    donderpreek, donderspeech
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
    wagenladder
    declaiming wildly
    type of:
    adressering, oratie, prevelement, rede, redevoering, speech, toespraak
    the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
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