单词 | family prayers |
释义 | > as lemmasfamily prayers a. Frequently in plural. Religious worship, esp. of a public nature, of which praying forms a principal part (as morning prayer, family prayers, etc.); frequently with possessive adjective referring to a person’s private or individual devotions.In quot. c1384: (perhaps) a place of prayer. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of churchOE servicelOE rightlOE observancea1250 officec1300 preachingc1350 ritec1350 ceremonyc1380 usea1382 prayerc1384 form1399 ordinancea1400 ordera1425 worship?a1425 worshippingc1443 common prayer1493 common servicea1500 ordinarya1513 celebrity1534 church servicea1555 religious exercise1560 function1564 agend1581 church office1581 liturgy1593 Common Prayer service1648 ritualities1648 ceremonial1672 hierurgy1678 occasion1761 religiosities1834 cursus1865 joss-pidgin1886 worship service1929 society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > private prayera1400 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xvi. 13 We wenten out withoute the ȝate bisydis the flood, wher preier was seyn for to be. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28248 My prayers say was me ful lathe. c1475 Brome Abraham & Isaac in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 46 I am here, And make my preyrys to þe Trenyte. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts iii. 1 Peter and Ihon went vp to gedder into the temple at the nynthe houre of prayer [1611 at the houre of prayer, being the ninth houre]. 1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Pref. sig. a.iii When men saye Morninge and Euening prayer [1549 Matins and Euensong] priuatly. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 2 In the morning after praiers we looked for it. 1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 87 All the devouter sort, (which are not many) goe to Church, and say their prayers. 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. v. iii. 205 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) The Assassinates found him at his prayers. 1729 W. Law Serious Call i. 1 Prayers whether private or publick, are particular parts or instances of Devotion. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 75 A lantern, which..encloses the sacring-bell, to call the parishioners to prayers. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 173 The bell..Now chimes in concert, calling all to prayers. a1866 J. Keble Lett. Spiritual Counsel & Guidance (1870) 105 You are often hindered from the Church prayers. 1925 A. S. M. Hutchinson One Increasing Purpose iii. xi They say family prayers there with the servants every night. 1959 M. Levin Eva 11 How often as children had we..watched our shikseh maids at their prayers. 1990 Newsweek 16 July 37/1 Friday prayers at the University of Teheran are introduced by a radical mullah. < as lemmas |
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