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noun 
  1. A prayer.
    • (RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet), Act 3, Scene 1, Lines 88"89
    • : The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
    • : Be all my sins remember"d.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: gebed(nl)n
    (trans-mid)
  • French: (t, fr, oraison, f)
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: Via from oreison, from oratio, "discourse, prayer", from orare, "to speak, to pray".


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