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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
prayer From the web:
- what prayers are in the rosary
- what prayer time is it
- what prayer does
- what prayer can do
- what prayer to say when burning sage
- what prayers are said in the rosary
- what prayer is in a mezuzah
- what prayer is not
solicitation
English
Etymology
From Middle French sollicitation, from Latin sollicit?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??l?s??te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: so?li?ci?ta?tion
Noun
solicitation (countable and uncountable, plural solicitations)
- the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
- Synonyms: petition, appeal
- (US, law) an inchoate offense that consists of a person offering money or inducing another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime
Translations
See also
- applicant
Anagrams
- coalitionist
solicitation From the web:
- what solicitation means
- what solicitation letter
- what's solicitation agreement
- solicitation meaning farsi
- what does solicitation mean
- what is solicitation of a minor
- what is solicitation in law
- what constitutes solicitation of clients
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