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Orison

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A prayer.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A prayer.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A prayer; a supplication.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A prayer.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. reverent petition to a deity

Word Usage

"It kind of reminds me of the "orison" in the central chapter of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas -- a communicator, a recorder and player of print and visual information, a mapping device, etc. -- technology so advanced it feels like magic."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

asking request

Hyponym

intercession supplication invocation deprecation thanksgiving grace benediction requiescat blessing prayer wheel

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

prayer supplication

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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