Meaning of ORISON
| Pronunciation: | | 'orizun
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| | Definition: | | [n] reverent petition to a deity |
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| | Synonyms: | | petition, prayer |
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| | See Also: | | asking, benediction, blessing, collect, commination, deprecation, grace, intercession, invocation, request, requiescat, supplication, thanksgiving | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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