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View synonyms for orison
orison
[ awr-uh-zuhn, or- ]
noun
- a prayer.
orison
/ ˈɒrɪzən /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of orison1
C12: from Old French oreison, from Late Latin ōrātiō, from Latin: speech, from ōrāre to speak
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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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