precation
precation noun: a prayer or act of praying; an earnest request.
Noun
precation (countable and uncountable, plural precations)
- A prayer or act of praying; an earnest request.
- The Litany […] was ordered to be sung immediately before High Mass, by the priests "with others of the choir" […] and this solemn form of precation, like so many other things, assumed the livery of uniformity.1881, Richard Watson Dixon, History of the Church of England, volume 2, Routledge, page 431
- The full form of the precation was God give you a good even.1893, Charles P. G. Scott, “English Words Which Hav Gaind or Lost an Initial Consonant by Attraction,”, in Transactions of the American Philological Association, volume 24, page 123
precation meaning in Tamil
precation in Tamil
- முன்னெச்சரிக்கை
Forms of precation
| plural | precations |
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Words formed from precation
Questions about precation
- What does precation mean?
- Precation means a prayer or act of praying; an earnest request.
- What is precation in Tamil?
- Precation in Tamil is முன்னெச்சரிக்கை. See Precation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is precation?
- Precation is a noun.
- What is the plural of precation?
- The plural of precation is precations.
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