Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A praying together; united or public supplication or prayer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A praying together.

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  • noun obsolete The act of praying together.

Etymologies

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Latin comprecatio, from comprecari to pray to. See precarious.

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Examples

  • Tract 90, I claimed, in behalf of who would in the Anglican Church, the right of holding with Bramhall a comprecation with the Saints, and the

    Apologia Pro Vita Sua John Henry Newman 1845

  • As I spoke on occasion of Tract 90, I claimed, in behalf of who would, that he might hold in the Anglican Church a comprecation with the saints with

    Apologia pro Vita Sua John Henry Newman 1845

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  • a praying together

    November 6, 2007