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Benediction vs Orison - What's the difference?

benediction | orison |

As nouns the difference between benediction and orison

is that benediction is blessing (some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward) while orison is a prayer.

benediction

English

Noun

(wikipedia benediction) (en noun)
  • A short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service.
  • * Milton
    • So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus / Followed with benediction .
  • * Longfellow
    • Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her.
  • The form of instituting an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop.
    • (Ayliffe)
  • A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God.

    • Antonyms

    *malediction

    orison

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A prayer.
  • * , act 3, scene 1, lines 88–89:
    • The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
    Be all my sins remember’d.
  • * 1917,
    •   Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
    Can patter out their hasty orisons .

    Related terms

    * orate * oration