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orison

[ awr-uh-zuhn, or- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

orison

/ ˈɒrɪzən /

Origin of orison¹

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

Origin of orison¹

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

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

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

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

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

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

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