orison
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Eggs, those wondrous orbs of orison, break into an omelette or simply sunny-side up.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2016
That orison alone ought to be enough to give Mr. Lhota the shivers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2012
In turn, the testimony of Sonmi~451 is recorded on a device called an "orison" and survives into the post-apocalyptic world of the illiterate Zach'ry, who "yarns" the sixth and central narrative.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2010
The title itself comes from a Zen Buddhist pal who always uttered "his senseless little orison" on leaving King's apartment.
From Time Magazine Archive
The king then steps to the side of the bed, kneels on a cushion, and says his prayers; while an almoner in a low voice recites the orison Quæsumus, deus omnipotens.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. by Lodge, Henry Cabot
Vocabulary lists containing orison
Romeo and Juliet
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act IV
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