oraison

English

Noun

oraison (plural oraisons)

1. Obsolete form of orison.
   • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     let's hear the Oraisons he make

References

• “oraison”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Roosian, Soriano

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French oraison, from Old French oroison et al., from Latin orātiōnem, whence also English oration. The word, especially in the sense of "oration", may have been a very early borrowing into French in the Middle Ages as the other Romance cognates are borrowed learned terms as well, according to the Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé etymological dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɛ.zɔ̃/, /ɔ.ʁe.zɔ̃/

Noun

oraison f (plural oraisons)

1. oration
2. orison, meditative prayer

References

• Etymology and history of “oraison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “oraison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French oroison.

Noun

oraison f (plural oraisons)

1. oration

Descendants

• French: oraison