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Definition of Orisons
1. orison [n] - See also: orison
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orisons
Literary usage of Orisons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of Napoleon by Antoine Henri Jomini (1864)
"... against Stanz—The orisons call upon the Austrians—French Law of
Conscription—Consequences of the Defeat at Aboukir and the Declaration of War by the ..."
2. Democracy in Europe: A History by Thomas Erskine May (1877)
"The most singular constitution was that of the Th* orisons, ... As in the population
of the orisons there was a great diversity of languages, and, ..."
3. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1879)
"... recovers its Liberty—The Reform in Soleure — Miracle of Saint Ours — Popery
triumphs — The orisons invaded by the Spaniards—Address of the Ministers to ..."
4. Governments and Parties in Continental Europe by Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1896)
"... orisons and the Valais, which were not closely affiliated with it (Zugewandte
Orle). The Grisons had a government of the most marvelous complexity.1 It ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1825)
"... his orisons with thine, And speed him to theatric pomp, where round In cluster'd
rows the electrifying sound, That issued from thy tongue, ..."
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