Category:Orison

Or"i*son, n. Etym: [of. orison, oreson, oreison, f. oraison, fr. L. Oratio speech, prayer. See oration.]

Defn: a prayer; a supplication. [poetic] chaucer. Shak. Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began their orisons, each morning duly Paid. Milton.