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orison \AWR-uh-zuhn\

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nounA prayer.[Via French from Latin oration (speech, prayer), from orare (to speak, pray), from os (mouth).]"David Carlin's brilliant title, Our Father Who Wasn't There, mingles orison and lament. It is the apparent opening of a prayer for an absent or lost father." - A Son Searches for the Father Who Wasn't There; The Canberra Times (Australia); Feb 6, 2010.

Front	orison \AWR-uh-zuhn\
Back	noun A prayer. [Via French from Latin oration (speech, prayer), from orare (to speak, pray), from os (mouth).] "David Carlin's brilliant title, Our Father Who Wasn't There, mingles orison and lament. It is the apparent opening of a prayer for an absent or lost father." - A Son Searches for the Father Who Wasn't There; The Canberra Times (Australia); Feb 6, 2010.

Orison Father Awr Uh Zuhn Noun Prayer French Latin Oration