Orison

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began


           Their orisons, each morning duly paid.   --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "orison":
     Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster,
     aid prayer, appeal, application, beadroll, beads, beseechment,
     bidding prayer, breviary, chaplet, collect, communion,
     contemplation, devotions, entreaty, grace, impetration,
     imploration, imprecation, intercession, invocation, litany,
     meditation, obsecration, obtestation, petition, plea, prayer,
     prayer wheel, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, suit, supplication,
     thanks, thanksgiving