Home › Words › O › oremusoremusoremus · noun — A liturgical prayer.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Latin ōrēmus (“let us pray”, first person plural active subjunctive of ōrō), often used to introduce a prayer in the liturgy.nounA liturgical prayer.e.g.“The priest recited long oremuses in Latin, after which he said in the same language to the little seagull: Ingredere, Petre, in domum Domini.” — 1923, Pierre Loti, translated by W. P. Baines, A Tale of Brittany, page 144:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.orison 62% match — A prayer. vs oremus →offertory 59% match — A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service. vs oremus →introit 57% match — A prayer, typically part of a psalm or other portion of the Bible, read or sung at the start of Mass while or immediately after the priest ascends to the altar. vs oremus →orarium 56% match — A collection of private devotions. vs oremus →misereatur 56% match — The first part of the absolution service in the Roman Catholic liturgy, beginning "Misereatur vestri omnipotens Deus" (may almighty God have mercy on you). vs oremus →euchologion 56% match — A book of prayers or religious ritual. vs oremus →introibo 56% match — The prayers spoken by the priest at the foot of the altar at the start of a Tridentine Mass. vs oremus →irmos 56% match — The initial troparion of an ode of a canon. vs oremus →