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praying

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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CMU ARPABET: P R EY1 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

noun

Meaning 1

An act of saying a prayer.

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Examples

c. 1854-1855, John Walford, Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Late Venerable Hugh Bourne However, after breakfast, the prayings did not stop for the preachings, — each went on with force; people came flocking in; we had Wesleyans in abundance.

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verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of pray

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Word forms

Inflections and variants

prayings — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: praying mill, praying wheel

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