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Prithee :: Prithee (interj.) A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I..

Spray :: Spray (v. t.) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.

Entreaty :: Entreaty (n.) The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.

Bead :: Bead (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer..

Taled :: Taled (n.) A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues.

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..

Plea :: Plea (n.) An urgent prayer or entreaty.

Unprayed :: Unprayed (a.) Not prayed for.

Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune..

Minaret :: Minaret (n.) A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin..

Portal :: Portal (n.) A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

Mantis :: Mantis (n.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina..

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

Atomization :: Atomization (n.) The reduction of fluids into fine spray.

Unprayable :: Unprayable (a.) Not to be influenced or moved by prayers; obdurate.

Reader :: Reader (n.) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church.

Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders..

Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.

Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc..

Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers..

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