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or⋅i⋅son

  [awr-uh-zuhn, or-]
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–noun
a prayer.
Origin:
1125–75; ME < OF < LL ōrātiōn- (s. of ōrātiō) plea, prayer, oration
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or·i·son   (ôr'ĭ-sən, -zən, ŏr'-)   
n.  A prayer.

[Middle English orisoun, from Old French orison, from Late Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōn-; see oration.]
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orison 
c.1175, from Anglo-Fr. oreison, O.Fr. oraison "oration" (12c.), from L. orationem (nom. oratio) "speech, oration," in Church L. "prayer, appeal to God," from orare (see orator). Etymologically, a doublet of oration.
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