praying
praying noun: an act of saying a prayer. Also the present participle and gerund of pray.
Noun
praying (plural prayings)
- An act of saying a prayer.
- 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.c. 1854-1855, John Walford, Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Late Venerable Hugh Bourne
Also used as
praying is also the present participle and gerund of pray.
praying meaning in Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi
praying in Marathi
- प्रार्थना करणे
praying in Telugu
- ప్రార్థన చేయడం
praying in Malayalam
- പ്രാർത്ഥിക്കുന്നു
praying in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰਾਰਥਨਾ ਕਰਨਾ
More languagesFewer languages
- praying in Gujarati
- પ્રાર્થના કરવી
Forms of praying
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Words formed from praying
Phrases with praying
Questions about praying
- What does praying mean?
- Praying means an act of saying a prayer.
- What is praying in Marathi?
- Praying in Marathi is प्रार्थना करणे. See Praying meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is praying?
- Praying is a noun.
- What is the plural of praying?
- The plural of praying is prayings.
Words near praying in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: praying (page history and authors); praying (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); praying (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); praying (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); praying (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); praying (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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