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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In England, the prayer before the sermon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.
- (Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.
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