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precations

precations is the plural of precation.

Meaning of precation

Noun

precation (countable and uncountable, plural precations)

  1. (rare) 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

Questions about precations

What is precations the plural of?
Precations is the plural of precation.

Words near precations in the dictionary

  1. precatenanes
  2. precatenation
  3. precatenations
  4. precatheterization
  5. precation
  6. precations
  7. precative
  8. precatively
  9. precatives
  10. precatorily
  11. precatory

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