Hypertext Webster Gateway: "orison"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began Their orisons,
each morning duly paid. --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

orison
n : reverent petition to a deity [syn: {prayer}, {communion}, {petition}]

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