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NERC (iou) and orison (iou)


NERC (iou)



NERC abbreviation.
Natural Environment Research Council.

orison (iou)



orison noun. arch. ME.
[Old French oreison, orison (mod. oraison), Anglo-Norman ureison, from Latin oratio(n-) speech, oration: see ORATION noun.]
A prayer. In later use usu. in pl. ME.
Shakespeare Hamlet Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins rememb'red.
b. The action of praying. Now rare. ME.
A speech, an oration. Chiefly Scot. LME-E17.