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Definition of Orison
1. Noun. Reverent petition to a deity.
Specialized synonyms: Prayer Wheel, Benediction, Blessing, Collect, Commination, Deprecation, Blessing, Grace, Thanksgiving, Intercession, Invocation, Supplication, Requiescat
Generic synonyms: Asking, Request
Derivative terms: Pray
Definition of Orison
1. n. A prayer; a supplication.
Definition of Orison
1. Noun. A prayer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orison
1. a prayer [n -S] - See also: prayer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orison
Literary usage of Orison
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... orison of the Osages — Discontents in our party — News of Hunt — An excursion
... to the evil spirit, the orison was certainly not unworthy of him. ..."
2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"[55] CHAPTER III" orison of the Osages —. Discontents in our party — News of
Hunt — An excursion — Arrival at the river Platte. FRIDAY, 2^th [ie, ..."
3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1906)
"Difficulty as to dates and documents—Working solution and selection—The Canute
song—-The fragments of St . Godric—The Paternoster—The Moral Ode—The orison ..."
4. The Chaucer Canon: With a Discussion of the Works Associated with the Name by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"orison to the Virgin. (By Hoccleve.) (l). ADDITIONS BY BELL IN 1857. 74.
Two stanzas by Lydgate; subjoined to Chaucer's Proverbs. orison to the Virgin. ..."
5. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"... Riwle— The Moral Ode—Genesis and Exodus — The Bestiary — The orison of our
Lady — Proverbs of Alfred and ..."
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