Monday Word: Orison
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1word1dayorison [awr-uh-zuhn]
noun
1. a prayer
examples
1. Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia! —Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene I, Shakespeare
For in his morning orisons he loves the sun and the sun loves him. / For he is of the tribe of Tiger.
"Jubilate Agno" (also known as "For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry") by Christopher (Kit) Smart
origins
Middle English, from Anglo-French ureisun, oreison, from Late Latin oration-, oratio, from Latin, oration
noun
1. a prayer
examples
1. Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia! —Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene I, Shakespeare
For in his morning orisons he loves the sun and the sun loves him. / For he is of the tribe of Tiger.
"Jubilate Agno" (also known as "For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry") by Christopher (Kit) Smart
origins
Middle English, from Anglo-French ureisun, oreison, from Late Latin oration-, oratio, from Latin, oration
