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Antonyms for orison

Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-uh-zuh n, or-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr ə zən, ˈɒr-

Definition 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

Synonyms for orison

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