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Orison

Definition: Orison

Orison

Noun

1. Reverent petition to a deity.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "orison" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Orison \Or"i*son\, noun. [Old French expression orison, oreson, oreison, French oraison, from the Latin expression oratio speech, prayer. See Oration.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Orison

Synonyms: communion (n), petition (n), prayer (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Orison

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Request

Orison; (worship); incantation; (spell).

Worship

Prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing; petition; (request); collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster; beadroll; latria, dulia, hyperdulia, vigils; revival; cult; anxious meeting, camp meeting; ebenezer, virginal.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Orison

English words defined with "orison": OraisonPrayer meeting. (references)
Etymologies containing "orison": Oraison. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Orison

DomainTitle

Books

  • Real Success: Based on the Writings of Success Magazine Founder Orison Swett Marden (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Orison

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

In 1827, this characteristic orison had disappeared from the wall under a triple layer of paper.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Name Usage Frequency: Orison

The following table summarizes the usage of "orison" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
OrisonLast name13069,433
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Orison

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

orison

23

orison swett marden

9

free marden orison swett

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Orison

Language Translations for "orison"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

lutje (appeal, application, claim, cry, demand, desire, devotion, devotions, entreaty, obsecration, obtestation, paternoster, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, praying, request, rogation, supplication, wish). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

молитва (intercession, invocation, litany, prayer). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προσευχή (collect, prayer), παράκληση (entreaty, invocation, prayer, request, request for, rogation, solicitation), δέηση (obsecration, prayer). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תפל" (hymn, invocation, litany, prayer, psalm, service, supplication). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

imádság (prayer), ima (devotions, petition, prayer). (various references)

   

Italian

  

orazione (oration, prayer, speech), preghiera (appeal, desire, entreaty, prayer, request, supplication). (various references)

   

Manx

  

padjer (devotion, prayer). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orisonay

   

Portuguese

  

orionte, oração (clause, collect, oration, prayer, praying, sentence), prece (ave, petition, prayer). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rugã (cry, oration, prayer). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

молитва (petition, pray, prayer). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

molitva (invocation, prayer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

oración (appeal, clause, entreaty, oration, prayer, sentence, speech, supplication), plegaria (prayer). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bön (adjuration, application, obsecration, petition, pleading, prayer, request). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dua (blessing, devotions, invocation, prayer). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

горизонт (bed, horizon), обрій, мова (dialect, language, phraseology, speech, tongue, words), моління, молитва (blessing, mantra, oration, prayer, processional, supplication). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Orison

Derivations

Words beginning with "orison": orisons. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Orison" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arison, Arnison, arrison, Borisov, Corizon, Cowieson, Drizhon, Eribon, horison, Iridon, Loriston, Lowrieson, Ocisan, odion, Odizor, oerlikon, Oraon, Orbicom, Orbiston, Ordizia, Oresund, orieo, origon, orio, Orione, Orionii, oris, orise, oriz, orizon, Ormston, orsino, Oryza, oursian, Ovisco, Roizen, Rokison, Ropson, rosion, torison, Torrizone, Ursio. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Orison"

Words rhyming with "orison" (pronounced 'Or"i*son'): Advowson, Antimason, Arson, Bason, Benison, Bison, Bisson, Boson, Caisson, Cargason, Chanson, Encrimson, Foison, Foyson, Freemason, Gambeson, Gambison, Geason, godson, grandson, grison, hyson, jettison, keelson, liaison, Livraison, Malison, Nupson, Oraison, Outreason, Overgarrison, Overseason, Parson, Plasson, Pocoson, Ramson, reason, Samson, Semidiapason, son, Sponson, Stemson, stepson, Sternson, treason, Unpoison, Unseason, Urson, Venison, Warison. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Orison

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-n-o-o-r-s"

-1 letter: irons, noirs, noris, ornis, rosin.

-2 letters: inro, ions, iron, noir, nori, rins, soon, sori, sorn.

-3 letters: ins, ion, noo, nor, nos, ons, ors, rin, sin, sir, son, sri.

-4 letters: in, is, no, on, or, os, si, so.

 Words containing the letters "i-n-o-o-r-s"
 

+1 letter: erosion, indoors, morions, nitroso, orisons, ronions, roosing, rosinol, sordino, torsion.

 

+2 letters: biotrons, bridoons, chorions, dishonor, erosions, horizons, hornitos, indorsor, ionomers, isochron, monitors, moonrise, moorings, moronism, morrions, notornis, omicrons, omikrons, orations, orcinols, poisoner, portions, positron, roofings, roosting, rosinols, rosinous, scorpion, snoopier, snootier, snoozier, sonority, sorption, spoonier, spooring, torsions, tortonis.

 

+3 letters: abortions, acromions, bigaroons, biosensor, coercions, colorings, consignor, consortia, corrasion, corrosion, cortisone, dishonors, doornails, erosional, floorings, grandioso, indorsors, ironstone, ironwoods, ironworks, isochrone, isochrons, monorails, monsignor, moonrises, moronisms, motioners, motorings, notorious, obtrusion, oleoresin, omnivores, orogenies, orthicons, ozonizers, pecorinos, phoronids, picaroons, pinkroots, pliotrons, poisoners, positrons, profusion, prognosis, prolusion, proposing, provision, remotions, rhodopsin, rigadoons, rogations, rooflines, roominess, rotations, scorpions, scrooping, serotonin, soilborne, sopranino, sorptions, sorrowing, sortition, tandooris, tonsorial, tornillos, torsional, troponins.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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Alternative Orthography: Orison


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 72 69 73 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

---    .-.    ..    ...    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110010 01101001 01110011 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#114 &#105 &#115 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0072 0069 0073 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

498475858180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Names: Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian;
Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian;
Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew;
Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, ‏الهنغاري, ‏مجري, ‏هنغاري, ‏المجري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manský, manština, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, Manninish, Manninagh, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man dili, man adası, менський діалект, менський, for manx;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian;
Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;
乌克兰, for Ukranian;