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pityings

pityings is the plural of pitying.

Meaning of pitying

Noun

pitying (plural pityings)

  1. The act of one who pities.
    • Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions, and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.1849, Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter (page 47)
  2. (collective, rare) A flock of doves.
    • Settle in their cleanness/a pitying of doves who know hawkfear1975, Aeschylus, translated by Janet Lembke, The Suppliants, Oxford University Press

Questions about pityings

What is pityings the plural of?
Pityings is the plural of pitying.

Words near pityings in the dictionary

  1. pity potties
  2. pity potty
  3. pityful
  4. pitying
  5. pityingly
  6. pityings
  7. pityless
  8. pitylessly
  9. pitylessness
  10. pityriases
  11. pityriasic

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