Cebuano
n. 1. special set prayers in the liturgy; 1a. a magical formula in Latin or pseudo-Latin which has curative or other magical powers, esp. as sumpà. It is applied by reciting or by putting written representations on or near whatever it is supposed to affect. The urasiyun is effective only in the hands of the owner; 2. the angelus prayer said by the family in the evening, and sometimes at dawn; 3. twilight (lit. the time when the angelus is said). 3a. the bell announcing the angelus; v. 1. pray the urasiyun in the liturgy or the angelus; 2. treat with a magic formula. Giurasiyunan níya ang irù. Wà kapaghut, He uttered a magical formula at the dog and it couldn’t bark; 3. for evening to fall. Naurasiyun na lang. Walà pa giyud muabut ang gisúgù, It got to be evening and the boy we sent on an errand still hadn’t arrived. -an n. one who possesses an urasiyun, 1a.