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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Oratory :: Oratory (n.) A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions..
Intercessory :: Intercessory (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer..
Ejaculate :: Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer..
Spray :: Spray (n.) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
Agnus Dei :: Agnus Dei () A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words Agnus Dei..
Efficacy :: Efficacy (n.) Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of 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..
Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers..
Bidding Prayer :: Bidding prayer () The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons..
Caaba :: Caaba (n.) The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray..
Sough :: Sough (v. i.) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying..
Spray :: Spray (n.) A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray..
Directory :: Directory (n.) A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book..
Private :: Private (a.) Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer..
Pray :: Pray (v. t.) To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory..
Confiteor :: Confiteor (n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.
Invocation :: Invocation (n.) The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being..
Displayed :: Displayed (a.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle..
Supplication :: Supplication (n.) The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship..
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..
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