orison
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- reverent petition to a deitySynonyms: prayerpetitionType of request, askingKinds invocation, deprecation, intercession, commination, grace, requiescat, benediction, prayer wheel, collect
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Or′i·son noun
Origin: OF. orison, oreson, oreison, F. oraison, fr. L. oratio speech, prayer. See Oration.
A prayer; a supplication. poetic Chaucer. Shak.
Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid.— John Milton
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54