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Orison

Orison Meaning & Definition
Orison Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Orison?

[n] reverent petition to a deity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Orison: petition | prayer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Orison: aid prayer | Angelus | appeal | application | Ave | Ave Maria | beadroll | beads | beseechment | bidding prayer | breviary | chaplet | collect | communion | contemplation | devotions | entreaty | grace | Hail Mary | impetration | imploration | imprecation | intercession | invocation | Kyrie Eleison | litany | meditation | obsecration | obtestation | Paternoster | petition | plea | prayer | prayer wheel | rogation | rosary | silent prayer | suit | supplication | thanks | thanksgiving

See Also | asking | benediction | blessing | collect | commination | deprecation | grace | intercession | invocation | request | requiescat | supplication | thanksgiving

Orison In Webster's Dictionary

\Or"i*son\, n. [OF. orison, oreson, oreison, F. oraison, fr. L. oratio speech, prayer. See {Oration}.] A prayer; a supplication. [Poetic] --Chaucer. Shak. Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid. --Milton.

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