Monday Word: Orison

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orison [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