Synonyms for orison

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awr-uh-zuh n, or-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr ə zən, ˈɒr-

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Définition of orison

Origin : late 12c., from Anglo-French oreison, Old French oreisun (12c., Modern French oraison) "oration," from Latin orationem (nominative oratio) "speech, oration," in Church Latin "prayer, appeal to God," noun of action from orare (see orator). Etymologically, a doublet of oration.

noun prayer

Example sentences :

When, if not now, 59shall we set about the orison of the peplus100 and chaplets?
Extract from : « Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes » by Aeschylus

Fauchelevent thought that it was an orison which she was finishing.
Extract from : « Les Misrables » by Victor Hugo

That mighty pause before the class,—that orison and benediction—how much of my life it has been and made.
Extract from : « Darkwater » by W. E. B. Du Bois

It was, however, the best I could hit upon, and I directed my steps towards the Farnham orison.
Extract from : « The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 » by Various

It was the orison of Margaret Binkie as she descended to the breakfast-room.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 » by Various

In her hand she held a book of the time of Solomon and she was saying an orison to God.
Extract from : « Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 » by Eileen Edna Power

Half an hour afterwards Dr. Orison returned to the guests and reported the woman to be out of danger.
Extract from : « The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury » by Asenath Carver Coolidge

Maria merely whispered the words of the orison and kept her eyes fastened on the ground.
Extract from : « The Marquis of Pealta (Marta y Mara) » by Armando Palacio Valds

This timing, therefore, of sacrifice and orison to the planetary hours, is pertinently and speakingly feigned by Chaucer.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 » by Various

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