Orison \Or"i*son\, n. [OF. orison, oreson, oreison, F. oraison,
fr. L. oratio speech, prayer. See Oration.]
A prayer; a supplication. [Poetic] --Chaucer. Shak.
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Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began
Their orisons, each morning duly paid. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
orison
n : reverent petition to a deity [syn: prayer, petition]
WordNet (r) 2.0
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "orison":
Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster,
aid prayer, appeal, application, beadroll, beads, beseechment,
bidding prayer, breviary, chaplet, collect, communion,
contemplation, devotions, entreaty, grace, impetration,
imploration, imprecation, intercession, invocation, litany,
meditation, obsecration, obtestation, petition, plea, prayer,
prayer wheel, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, suit, supplication,
thanks, thanksgiving
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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