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prier

or pry·er

[ prahy-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

prier

/ ˈpraɪə /

Origin of prier¹

First recorded in 1545–55; pry ¹ + -er ¹

Casimir Prier had carried a law dealing with municipal organization, which made the municipal councils The bourgeois policy.

Le General Berthier vint le prier instamment de se retirer; au lieu de lui repondre il se coucha par terre.

The King was much annoyed, but Talleyrand politely requested him and Prier not to make so much noise about the fortresses.

Toussaint Prier, a canon of the cathedral in 1402, was the donor of the tapestries.

Will all the saints kindly pray to God for the soul of Toussaint Prier?

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