Definition of pray

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Pray (v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.

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Dominical :: Dominical (a.) Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer..
Boon :: Boon (n.) A prayer or petition.
Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
Benedicite :: Benedicite (n.) A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
Khutbah :: Khutbah (n.) An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes..
Hour :: Hour (n.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers..
Plea :: Plea (n.) An urgent prayer or entreaty.
Praying :: Praying () a. & n. from Pray, v..
Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer..
Liturgical :: Liturgical () Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship..
Prayingly :: Prayingly (adv.) With supplication to God.
Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..
Chantry :: Chantry (n.) An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder..
Ospray :: Ospray (n.) The fishhawk.
Orison :: Orison (n.) A prayer; a supplication.
Atomizer :: Atomizer (n.) One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming..
Unpray :: Unpray (v. t.) To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayed for..
Prithee :: Prithee (interj.) A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I..
Reader :: Reader (n.) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church.
Outpray :: Outpray (v. t.) To exceed or excel in prayer.
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