preces
Americanplural noun
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Cyprian has never called prayer a "sacrifice" without qualifying terms; on the contrary he collocates "preces" and "sacrificium," and sometimes also "oblatio" and "sacrificium."
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
On the east wall is an old brass to the memory of Nicholas Metcalfe, third Master of the College, the words "vestras ... preces vehementer expetit" have been partly obliterated, probably during the Commonwealth.
From St. John's College, Cambridge by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
Her beads, falling one by one from her hand, denoted the number of her supplications; but, for once, they were preces sine mente dictæ.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various
You read of preces, of αραι, &c. and you are desirous to believe that pagan supplications were not always corrupt.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey
The ferial preces of Lauds are found in the Breviary, immediately after the second set of Psalms for ferial Lauds and after the short responsory in the psalm arrangements for the days of the week.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
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