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orison

noun
/ˈɒɹɪsən/UK

Etymology

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).

  1. derived from ōrātiō
  2. derived from oraisun
  3. derived from oreison
  4. inherited from orisoun

Definitions

  1. A prayer.

    • 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.

  2. Mystical contemplation or communion.

    • We shall see later that the absence of definite sensible images is positively insisted on by the mystical authorities in all religions as the sine qua non of a successful orison, or contemplation of the higher divine truths.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA