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prayer
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English preiere, from Anglo-Norman preiere, from Old French priere, proiere, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin prec?ria, feminine of Latin prec?rius (“obtained by entreaty”), from precor (“beg, entreat”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???(?)/
- (US) enPR: prâr, pr???r, IPA(key): /p???/, /?p?e???/, /?p???/
Noun
prayer (countable and uncountable, plural prayers)
- (uncountable) A practice of communicating with one's God.
- (countable) An act of praying.
- 2020 December, Dave Barry, "Year in review":
- 2020 December, Dave Barry, "Year in review":
- The specific words or methods used for praying.
- A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
- (countable) A request; a petition.
- (in the singular, mostly in negative constructions) The remotest hope or chance.
- That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship.
Synonyms
- orison, precation
- bead (archaic)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
pray +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?e??(?)/
- (US) enPR: pr???r, IPA(key): /?p?e???/
Noun
prayer (plural prayers)
- One who prays.
- 1974, Shel Silverstein, “Invitation”, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Harper Collins Publishers:
- If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar / A hope-er[sic], a pray-er[sic], a magic bean buyer…
- 2012, Paul O'Connor, Islam in Hong Kong: Muslims and Everyday Life in China's World City
- Out of the 37 respondents, seven are infrequent prayers who prefer to leave the precise details of their prayer life ambiguous.
- 1974, Shel Silverstein, “Invitation”, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Harper Collins Publishers:
Translations
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pernoctation
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pernoct?ti? (“act of spending of the night (doing something, particularly praying)”) + English -ion (suffix forming nouns indicating an action or process, or the result of an action or process). Pernoct?ti? is derived from Latin pernoct?tus (“having spent the night”) + -i? (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs); pernoct?tus is the perfect passive participle of pernoct? (“to spend the night”), from per- (prefix with the sense of completion or entirety forming verbs) + nox (“night; darkness”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts (“night; evening (?)”), possibly from *neg?- (“bare, naked”) in the sense of becoming bare of sunlight).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??n?k?te??n?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??n?k?te??(?)n/, /p???n?k-/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: per?noct?a?tion
Noun
pernoctation (countable and uncountable, plural pernoctations) (formal)
- (uncountable) The action of abiding through the night at a location; (countable) an instance of this; an overnight stay.
- (uncountable) The action of walking about at night, especially as a vigil or watch; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable, religion, chiefly Christianity, obsolete) A religious watch kept during normal sleeping hours, during which prayers or other ceremonies are performed; a vigil.
Usage notes
The sense of a religious watch may apply either to a holy vigil or to diabolical activities.
Related terms
- pernoctate
Translations
References
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