orison

Examples

• All

• The earth doesn't want to see crosses, doesn't want to hear orisons.

  Academic text (2008)

• With the Holy Cross, the orisons, we pray our beliefs in God, but with the earth, never.

  Academic text (2008)

• "Nymph, in thy orisons, be all my sins remembered."

  The Riddle (2007)

• Before starting the meeting, everyone took a moment for a brief orison to seek guidance.

• As she knelt at the altar, her whispered orison reflected her deepest hopes and fears.

• He often wrote down his orisons in a journal to express his gratitude and devotion.

Synonyms

P

prayer

vsorison

530 1.0

Talking to God to ask for help or give thanks

is a reverent sacred request done as devotion rather than casual speech

P

plea

vsorison

195 3.9

A strong request asking people for help or support

is a reverent appeal to a divine being rather than a request to officials

P

petition

vsorison

• Formal

11 4.6

A request made to a god for help or blessing

is a reverent request made as worship rather than a formal written request

S

supplication

vsorison

• Formal

8 8.7

A humble request for help from someone in power or from God

is a reverent plea focused on worshipful address rather than general requests

E

entreaty

vsorison

7 7.6

A serious, urgent request for help or forgiveness

is a reverent plea directed to a deity rather than a general emotional request

I

imploration

vsorison

8.5

A strong, urgent request for help

is a reverent appeal made in worship rather than a distressed urgent cry

A

adjuration

vsorison

• Formal

9.9

A serious, strong request for someone to do something

is a reverent petition made in worship rather than a commandlike urging

How Earnest

entreaty

7 7.6

orison

• Archaic

1 9.9

supplication

• Formal

8 8.7

plea

195 3.9

prayer

530 1.0

invocation

• Literature

4 8.5

Surface Forms

Etymology