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Petition vs Orison - What's the difference?

petition | orison |

As nouns the difference between petition and orison

is that petition is petition while orison is a prayer.

petition

English

(wikipedia petition)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
  • A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
  • (legal) A formal written request for judicial action.
  • A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
  • * Bible, 1. Macc. vii. 37
    • A house of prayer and petition for thy people.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a request, commonly in written form.

    • 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