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prayer cards

prayer cards is the plural of prayer card.

Meaning of prayer card

Noun

prayer card (plural prayer cards)

  1. (UK) In the House of Commons, a card reserving a seat for a backbencher during prayers and for the rest of the day.
    • Normally sittings of the House of Commons begin with prayers and, at intervals along the back of each bench, there are little brass frames for holding prayer cards.2009, Dennis Canavan, Let the People Decide: The Autobiography of Dennis Canavan
  2. Synonym of holy card.
    Synonyms:
    holy card

Questions about prayer cards

What is prayer cards the plural of?
Prayer cards is the plural of prayer card.

Words near prayer cards in the dictionary

  1. prayer boxes
  2. prayer bump
  3. prayer bumps
  4. prayer candle
  5. prayer card
  6. prayer cards
  7. prayer circle
  8. prayer circles
  9. prayer flag
  10. prayer flags
  11. prayer for relief

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