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noun
A prayer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Mystical contemplation or communion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
reverent petition to a deity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: prayer, petition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: request, asking
Narrower terms: prayer wheel, benediction, blessing, collect, commination, deprecation, grace, thanksgiving, intercession, invocation, supplication, requiescat
History
From Middle English orisoun, from Anglo-Norman oreison, oresoun etc. and Old French oraisun etc., from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem (“discourse, prayer”) (whence also English oration).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
