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orison

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒɹɪsən/Part of speech nounSorted inoorsStarts with OEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. reverent petition to a deity

Word origin

From Middle English orisoun, from Anglo-Norman oreison, oresoun etc. and Old French oraisun etc., from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem (“discourse, prayer”) (whence also English oration).

Used in a sentence

  • The faire Ophelia! Nymph, in thy Orizons / Be all my ſinnes remembred.
  • "I hope," said a voice by her side, "your absent brother will not engross all your orisons."
  • 1917, Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons.

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