orison Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun reverent petition to a deity
    petition; prayer.

WordNet

Or"i*son noun
Etymology
OF. orison, oreson, oreison, F. oraison, fr. L. oratio speech, prayer. See Oration.
Definitions
  1. A prayer; a supplication. Poetic Chaucer. Shak.
    Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid. Milton.

Webster 1913