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orison

[awr-uh-zuh n, or-]
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noun

a prayer.

RELATED WORDS

rogation, pleading, service, application, communion, begging, request, litany, worship, collect, supplication, entreaty, devotion, plea, suit, invocation, benediction, appeal, grace, petition

Nearby words

  1. orion nebula,
  2. orionids,
  3. orisha,
  4. oriskany,
  5. orismology,
  6. orissa,
  7. orixa,
  8. oriya,
  9. orizaba,
  10. orjonikidze

Origin of orison

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

noun

literary another word for prayer 1

Word Origin for orison

C12: from Old French oreison, from Late Latin ōrātiō, from Latin: speech, from ōrāre to speak
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Word Origin and History for orison

orison

n.

late 12c., from Anglo-French oreison, Old French oreisun (12c., Modern French oraison) "oration," from Latin orationem (nominative oratio) "speech, oration," in Church Latin "prayer, appeal to God," noun of action from orare (see orator). Etymologically, a doublet of oration.

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