Editing Oratorio (section)

===Etymology===
The word ''oratorio'' comes from the [[Latin]] verb ''ōrō'' (present infinitive ''ōrāre''), meaning to orate or [[public speaking|speak publicly]], to pray, or to beg or plead, related to the [[Attic Greek]] noun ἀρά (''ará'', “prayer”).<ref name="OED"/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=ōrō|last=Lewis|first=Charles T.|encyclopedia=An Elementary Latin Dictionary|location=New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago|publisher=American Book Company|year=1890|via=[[Perseus Digital Library]], [[Tufts University]]|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0060:entry=oro}}</ref> (Hence the [[Oratory (disambiguation)|disambiguation entry for 'oratory']], including [[oratory (worship)]].) The musical composition was "named from the kind of musical services held in the church of the [[Oratory of St. Philip Neri]] in [[Rome]] (''Congregazione dell'Oratorio'') in the latter half of the 16th cent." The word is only attested in English from 1727, with the equivalent 'oratory' in prior use, from 1640.<ref name="OED"/>