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Orison vs Liturgy - What's the difference?

orison | liturgy |

As nouns the difference between orison and liturgy

is that orison is a prayer while liturgy is a predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion.

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 .

    liturgy

    Noun

    (liturgies)
  • A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion.
  • An official worship service of the Christian church.
  • Derived terms

    * liturgical * liturgist