pryer

British  

/ ˈpraɪə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of prier

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Example Sentences

The whole city, to her mind, reeked of bergamot; she guessed a fawning lover at every street corner, a pryer at every window—basta, basta, la città!

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Dear old Ham," said Bones, with the helpless little laugh which characterised the very condition of mind which Hamilton had described, "dear old pryer, wait till to-morrow.

From Bones in London by Wallace, Edgar

J’en suis bien tenus de pryer Et ses larghesces escuyer, Car elle me fist et cr�a.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various