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pray-in
[ prey-in ]
/ ˈpreɪˌɪn /
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noun
a form of social protest in which demonstrators engage in passive resistance and prayer: popular especially in the 1970s.
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Prayer of Manasses, prayer plant, prayer rug, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, pray-in, praying mantis, pray tell, prazosin, PRB, PRC
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How to use pray-in in a sentence
Some of us wore pink head scarves, the color we've chosen to symoblize our "pink pray-in" movement of Islamic feminism.