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  • adjective Not praying; who does not pray.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ praying

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Examples

  • They do not laugh at the man who does, like the unpraying Christian.

    The Spell of Egypt Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • In the same way, girls would change the bare asceticism of a monk's cell into a bower of lilies and roses; a fit place for youth and unpraying innocence.

    Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples Candace Wheeler 1875

  • They would not rest upon unpraying, or unworking, or undevout self; but they think it right and safe to rest upon praying, and working, and devout self, and they call this humility!

    God's Way of Peace: A Book for the Anxious 1861

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