[ noun ] reverent petition to a deity <noun.communication>
Orison \Or"i*son\, n. [OF. orison, oreson, oreison, F. oraison, fr. L. oratio speech, prayer. See {Oration}.] A prayer; a supplication. [Poetic] --Chaucer. Shak.
Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid. --Milton.