Definition of pray

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Pray (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

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Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises..
Pray :: Pray (v. t.) To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory..
Suffrage :: Suffrage (n.) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed..
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Priedieu :: Priedieu (n.) A kneeling desk for prayers.
Agnus Dei :: Agnus Dei () A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words Agnus Dei..
Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
Spray :: Spray (v. t.) Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like..
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..
Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version..
Bless :: Bless (v. t.) To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
Common :: Common (v.) Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer..
Prayerless :: Prayerless (a.) Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer.
Muezzin :: Muezzin (n.) A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer.
Bene :: Bene (n.) A prayer; boon.
Spray :: Spray (n.) A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray..
Entreaty :: Entreaty (n.) The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
Abdest :: Abdest (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.
Bedehouse :: Bedehouse (n.) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
Confiteor :: Confiteor (n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.
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