オラショ

noun

prayer; supplication

Archaic term used by early Japanese Christians (Kirishitan) to refer to Christian prayers, especially the Lord's Prayer or other liturgical prayers. Now only encountered in historical contexts.

from Latin oratio

• 隠かくれキリシタンは代だい々だいオラショを唱となえてきた。

  The hidden Christians passed down the oratio prayers for generations.

• この古こ文もん書じょにはラテン語ごのオラショが記しるされている。

  This old document contains Latin prayers (oratio).