preces

American  

[pree-seez] / ˈpriˌsiz /

plural noun

1. Christianity. a prayer consisting of a set of call-and-response verses said or sung by the minister and worshippers in turn.

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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

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

The preces dominicales at Prime and Compline have a form of their own, additions being made in the preces of Prime when said on a feria.

From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley

In Prime and the Little Hours, the preces are unchanged standing in the new Breviary as in the old.

From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley

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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