Orison


[awr-uh-zuh n, or-] /ˈɔr ə zən, ˈɒr-/

noun
1.
a prayer.
/ˈɒrɪzən/
noun
1.
(literary) another word for prayer1
n.

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.

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