preces
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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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 Quigley, Edward J.
They are sometimes referred to as the preces flebiles, tearful prayers, because they are said in times of penance, and are formed to excite tears.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
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 Quigley, Edward J.
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 De Quincey, Thomas
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 New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)
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