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Jaculatory :: "Jaculatory (a.) Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers..

Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body..

Orison :: Orison (n.) A prayer; a supplication.

Muezzin :: Muezzin (n.) A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer.

Priedieu :: Priedieu (n.) A kneeling desk for prayers.

Bead :: Bead (n.) A prayer.

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..

Confiteor :: Confiteor (n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.

Ejaculatory :: Ejaculatory (a.) Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or petition..

Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.

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..

Abdest :: Abdest (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.

Imprecation :: Imprecation (n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse..

Nose :: Nose (v. t.) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer..

Prayer :: Prayer (n.) One who prays; a supplicant.

Vote :: Vote (n.) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

Bidding Prayer :: Bidding prayer () The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon..

Primer :: Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction..

Benedictory :: Benedictory (a.) Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer..

Unpray :: Unpray (v. t.) To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayed for..

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