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strayings

strayings is the plural of straying.

Meaning of straying

Noun

straying (countable and uncountable, plural strayings)

  1. The act of one who strays; deviation or sin, often sexual infidelity.
    • The soul is described as a dove who once nested in God's protective shade, and her strayings from the straight and narrow are portrayed as a descent into the defiling world of corporeality[…]2002, Adena Tanenbaum, The Contemplative Soul

Questions about strayings

What is strayings the plural of?
Strayings is the plural of straying.

Words near strayings in the dictionary

  1. strayest
  2. strayeth
  3. Strayhorn
  4. Strayhorns
  5. straying
  6. strayings
  7. straylight
  8. strayling
  9. straylings
  10. strays
  11. strd

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