Definition of pray

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Pray (v. t.) To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory..

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Portass :: Portass (n.) A breviary; a prayer book.
Ave Mary :: Ave Mary () A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church..
Entreaty :: Entreaty (n.) The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
Portal :: Portal (n.) A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
Apprecation :: Apprecation (n.) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
Bede :: Bede (v. t.) To pray; also, to offer; to proffer..
Spray :: Spray (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Plea :: Plea (n.) An urgent prayer or entreaty.
Pray :: Pray (n. & v.) See Pry.
Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer..
Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..
Feathery :: Feathery (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow..
Muezzin :: Muezzin (n.) A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer.
Supplicate :: Supplicate (v. t.) To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity..
Beadroll :: Beadroll (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general..
Station :: Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
Apprecatory :: Apprecatory (a.) Praying or wishing good.
Supplication :: Supplication (n.) The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship..
Reject :: Reject (v. t.) To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request..
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