orison

[ awr-uh-zuhn, or- ]

noun

1. a prayer.

orison

/ ˈɒrɪzən /

noun

1. See prayer
   literary.
   another word for prayer 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of orison¹

1125–75; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin ōrātiōn- (stem of ōrātiō ) plea, prayer, oration

Word History and Origins

Origin of orison¹

C12: from Old French oreison, from Late Latin ōrātiō, from Latin: speech, from ōrāre to speak

Example Sentences

Here, amid the cool stillness, the running water murmurs its unceasing orison.

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In the intervening period, it was for some years in the service of science, the noble orison that dispels the darkness.

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This timing, therefore, of sacrifice and orison to the planetary hours, is pertinently and speakingly feigned by Chaucer.

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And this joyous orison was the acceptable prayer that left the smile of peace upon her sleeping face.

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And who shall say that it is less ecstatic or less perfect in the little orison to Saint Ben?

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