pryer

/ (ˈpraɪə) /


noun
  1. a variant spelling of prier

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How to use pryer in a sentence

  • If I see a listener or a pryer in at the chinks or lockhole, I am presently on the bones of him.

    Kenilworth | Sir Walter Scott
  • Ernest broached this to pryer, who treated it as something too outrageous to be even thought of.

    The Way of All Flesh | Samuel Butler
  • I may say here that neither I nor Ernest ever heard of pryer again, nor have any idea what became of him.

    The Way of All Flesh | Samuel Butler
  • So I wrote to say that pryer had absconded, and that he could have £100 from his father when he came out of prison.

    The Way of All Flesh | Samuel Butler
  • But he must certainly explain to pryer that the Wesleyans had a system of Church discipline.

    The Way of All Flesh | Samuel Butler