orison

Meaning

  1. A prayer.
  2. Mystical contemplation or communion.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɒɹɪsən/
Etymology

In summary

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).

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