preces

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noun

The alternate responsive petitions, as the versicles and suffrages, between the clergyman and the congregation in liturgical worship.

OriginLatin precēs →
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Meanings

nounpreces pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyChristianityThe alternate responsive petitions, as the versicles and suffrages, between the clergyman and the congregation in liturgical worship.

Origin

  1. Latinprecēs“prayers”
  2. Englishpreces

From Latin precēs (“prayers”).

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