prier
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of prier
Example Sentences
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"Je vous conseille de vous faire prier," said M. Emanuel, imperially menacing the other ear.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
He knows that prier, c’est élaborer Dieu; or, as he would put it, he is “one with” his god.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Ellen Harrison
The butler foraged in the coat closet and presently emerged with a prier.
From The Pagan Madonna by W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner
At length, after a weary day of far niente, when even le sommeil se faisait prier, we "hardened our hearts," and at nine p.m., as the gale seemed to slumber, we stood southwards.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
But no doubt," the cunning old prier went on, with a smiling suavity in his voice—"but no doubt a man who knowth Edinburgh tho well as you will have a favourite blend of hith own.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
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