Defn: Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional. "The
prayerful man." J. S. Blackie.
— Prayer"ful*ly, adv.
— Prayer"ful*ness, n.
PRAYERLESS
Prayer"less, a.
Defn: Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without
prayer. "The next time you go prayerless to bed." Baxter.
— Prayer"less*ly, adv.
— Prayer"less*ness, n.
PRAYING
Pray"ing,
Defn: a. & n. from Pray, v. Praying insect, locust, or mantis (Zoöl.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis. — Praying machine, or Praying wheel, a wheel on which prayers are pasted by Buddhist priests, who then put the wheel in rapid revolution. Each turn in supposed to have the efficacy of an oral repetition of all the prayers on the wheel. Sometimes it is moved by a stream.
PRAYINGLY
Pray"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With supplication to God.
PRE- Pre-. Etym: [L. prae, adv. & prep., before, akin to pro, and to E. for, prep.: cf. F. pré-. See Pro-, and cf. Prior.]
Defn: A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as, precede, to go before; precursor, a forerunner; prefix, to fix or place before; preëminent eminent before or above others. Pre- is sometimes used intensively, as in prepotent, very potent. [Written also præ-.]
PREACCUSATION
Pre*ac`cu*sa"tion, n.