orison[noun]Synonyms: prayer, appeal, application, entreaty, imploration, imprecation, petition, plea, suit, supplication
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orison noun.
['ɒrɪz(ǝ)n, -s(ǝ)n] arch. ME.[Old French oreison, orison (mod. oraison), Anglo-Norman ureison, from Latin oratio(n-) speech, oration: see ORATION noun.]1. A prayer. In later use usu. in
pl. ME.■ Shakespeare Hamlet Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins rememb'red.b. The action of praying. Now
rare.
ME.2. A speech, an oration. Chiefly
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