Orison may refer to: * An archaic word for

prayer Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified a ...

Orison Rudolph Aggrey Orison Rudolph Aggrey (July 24, 1926 – April 6, 2016) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Senegal, Gambia, and Romania. Aggrey was born in 1926 in Salisbury, North Carolina as the youngest of four childre ...

(1926-2016), United States Ambassador to Senegal, Gambia and Romania * Orison Whipple Hungerford, Jr., birth name of American actor

Ty Hardin Ty Hardin (born Orison Whipple Hungerford Jr.; January 1, 1930August 3, 2017) was an American actor best known as the star of the 1958 to 1962 ABC/Warner Bros. Western television series ''Bronco''. Early life Hardin was born in New York City, ...

(born 1930) *

Orison Swett Marden Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848–1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life and founded '' SUCCESS'' magazine in 1897. His writings discuss common-sense principles and virtues that make for a well-ro ...

(1850-1924), American writer *

Orison S. Marden (lawyer) Orison Swett Marden, Jr. (May 22, 1906 – August 25, 1975) was a New York City lawyer, a leader of the Legal Aid Society, and a president of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the New York City Bar Assoc ...

(1896-1975), American lawyer, president of the American Bar Association * "Orison" (''The X-Files''), an episode of ''The X-Files'' * A futuristic recording device in the novel ''

Cloud Atlas A cloud atlas is a pictorial key (or an atlas) to the nomenclature of clouds. Early cloud atlases were an important element in the training of meteorologists and in weather forecasting, and the author of a 1923 atlas stated that "increasing use ...

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