Definition: Oratio, Collect (as in Prayers), Philhellene, Verism

Verism (also Vericity and Veristic)

Extreme or strict naturalism in art or literature

 

Oratio

A prayer in a collect, or set of prayers each for a part of a collect

 

Collect

A short prayer comprising an invocation, petition, and conclusion

 

Philhellene

Lover of all things (ancient) Greek