orison : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: orison	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orison n reverent petition to a deity [syn: prayer, petition, 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.