Oratorian

[awr-uh-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr-, or-]

Or·a·to·ri·an

[awr-uh-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr-, or-] Roman Catholic Church
noun
1.
a member of an Oratory.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to the Oratorians.

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Oratorian has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.

Origin:
1635–45; oratory2 + -an
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Oratorian (ˌɒrəˈtɔːrɪən)
 
n
a member of the religious congregation of the Oratory

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