Meanings
nounpraying (plural prayings)
plural prayings
- An act of saying a prayer.
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.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pray
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