Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Oxford English Dictionary

Lexie Fraser, Mike Tran, Jasmine Jolly, Georgia Wyman

1.) Orison:
A prayer (noun) 
Origin- Middle English came from old French, oresion, from Latin oratio(n-) 'speech' 

2.) Realm:
Archaic, literary, or law (noun)
Origin-  Middle English rewme, from Old French reaume, from Latin regimen 'government' 

3.) Obsequies:
Funeral rights (noun)
Origin- Late Middle English, plural of obsolete obesquy from Angelo- Norman French obsequite, from Latin plural obsequiae, from Latin 'funeral rights' 




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