Definition of Orison

1. Noun. Reverent petition to a deity.


Definition of Orison

1. n. A prayer; a supplication.

Definition of Orison

1. Noun. A prayer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orison

1. a prayer [n -S] - See also: prayer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orison

orinasal phone
orinasals
oriol
oriole
orioles
oriols
orion
orisa
orisas
orisha
orishas
oriskany
orismological
orismologies
orismology
orison (current term)
orisons
orixa
orixas
orizaba jalap root
ork
ork pop
orkish
orl
orl flies
orl fly
orlandiite
orlay
orle
orleanses

Literary usage of Orison

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... orison of the Osages — Discontents in our party — News of Hunt — An excursion ... to the evil spirit, the orison was certainly not unworthy of him. ..."

2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"[55] CHAPTER III" orison of the Osages —. Discontents in our party — News of Hunt — An excursion — Arrival at the river Platte. FRIDAY, 2^th [ie, ..."

3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1906)
"Difficulty as to dates and documents—Working solution and selection—The Canute song—-The fragments of St . Godric—The Paternoster—The Moral Ode—The orison ..."

4. The Chaucer Canon: With a Discussion of the Works Associated with the Name by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"orison to the Virgin. (By Hoccleve.) (l). ADDITIONS BY BELL IN 1857. 74. Two stanzas by Lydgate; subjoined to Chaucer's Proverbs. orison to the Virgin. ..."

5. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"... Riwle— The Moral Ode—Genesis and Exodus — The Bestiary — The orison of our Lady — Proverbs of Alfred and ..."

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