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

English

Etymology

From etyl xno oreison, oresoun etc. and etyl fro oraisun etc., from etyl la oratio.

Pronunciation

• a UK /ˈɒɹɪsən/|/ˈɒɹɪzən/

Noun

1. A prayer.
   • , Act 3, Scene 1, Lines 88–89

     The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons

     Be all my sins remember’d.

Translations

Orison may refer to:

• Orison (spirituality), the act of attempting to communicate with a deity or spirit
• Orison Rudolph Aggrey (born 1926), United States Ambassador to Senegal, Gambia and Romania
• Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924), American writer
• William Orison Valentine (1862-1928), innovative educator and missionary

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