prayableadj.

Brit.

/ˈpreɪəbl/, U.S.

/ˈpreɪəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English prayabill, Middle English preyable, 1500s 1900s– prayable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pray v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < pray v. + -able suffix. With early use compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French priable (13th cent.).

Now chiefly U.S. or in reference to Eliot's use (see quot. 1941 at sense 2).

1. Of a person, God, or a god: that may be entreated or prayed to. rare after 16th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > that may be prayed to

prayablea1382

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Psalms lxxxix. 13 Preyable be þou [a1425 L.V. be thou able to be preied; L. deprecabilis esto] vp on þi seruauntis.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxxxix. 15 Turne, lord, houlange; and prayabill be abouen thi seruauntis.

1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Gviii^v He is then there..no lesse honourable and prayable then in heaven.

1969 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 17 June Bob Culp with that long hair looks almost prayable... You don't know whether to say hello or genuflect.

2005 Christian Cent. (Nexis) 19 Apr. 24 No longer believing in a ‘prayable God’, Maria still needs the patterns of religion.

2. That may be prayed for; (also, of a prayer) that may be said or offered.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > prayer > [adjective] > of a prayer: that may be made

prayable1679

1679 R. Mayhew Ἔσχατος Ἐχθρος: Death of Death 18 What is prayable, is attainable, but the knowledge of the length of life, is prayable.

1912 Year Bk. Central Conf. Amer. Rabbis 22 298 Those prayers which are no longer prayable to-day.

1924 J. J. Chapman Lett. & Relig. 78 What we see has become a part of ourselves, and thus waftable, prayable—a thing to be relieved of and committed.

1941 T. S. Eliot Dry Salvages ii. 10 The hardly, barely prayable Prayer of the one Annunciation.

1962 L. A. Fiedler Pull down Vanity & Other Stories 68 I..impugned my end. Unless there was another prayer not yet prayable.

2000 Christian Cent. (Nexis) 1 Mar. 228 Berry is right to say that since the industrial revolution, the prayer ‘For Every Man in His Work’ ‘has become steadily less prayable’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prayable
释义	prayableadj. Brit. /ˈpreɪəbl/, U.S. /ˈpreɪəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English prayabill, Middle English preyable, 1500s 1900s– prayable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pray v., -able suffix. Etymology: < pray v. + -able suffix. With early use compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French priable (13th cent.). Now chiefly U.S. or in reference to Eliot's use (see quot. 1941 at sense 2). 1. Of a person, God, or a god: that may be entreated or prayed to. rare after 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > that may be prayed to prayablea1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Psalms lxxxix. 13 Preyable be þou [a1425 L.V. be thou able to be preied; L. deprecabilis esto] vp on þi seruauntis. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxxxix. 15 Turne, lord, houlange; and prayabill be abouen thi seruauntis. 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Gviii^v He is then there..no lesse honourable and prayable then in heaven. 1969 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 17 June Bob Culp with that long hair looks almost prayable... You don't know whether to say hello or genuflect. 2005 Christian Cent. (Nexis) 19 Apr. 24 No longer believing in a ‘prayable God’, Maria still needs the patterns of religion. 2. That may be prayed for; (also, of a prayer) that may be said or offered. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > [adjective] > of a prayer: that may be made prayable1679 1679 R. Mayhew Ἔσχατος Ἐχθρος: Death of Death 18 What is prayable, is attainable, but the knowledge of the length of life, is prayable. 1912 Year Bk. Central Conf. Amer. Rabbis 22 298 Those prayers which are no longer prayable to-day. 1924 J. J. Chapman Lett. & Relig. 78 What we see has become a part of ourselves, and thus waftable, prayable—a thing to be relieved of and committed. 1941 T. S. Eliot Dry Salvages ii. 10 The hardly, barely prayable Prayer of the one Annunciation. 1962 L. A. Fiedler Pull down Vanity & Other Stories 68 I..impugned my end. Unless there was another prayer not yet prayable. 2000 Christian Cent. (Nexis) 1 Mar. 228 Berry is right to say that since the industrial revolution, the prayer ‘For Every Man in His Work’ ‘has become steadily less prayable’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1382
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