| 单词 | prayer card |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprayer card prayer card n. (a) Christian Church a small card bearing a prayer and occasionally also a religious picture or symbol; (b) British a card used by a Member of Parliament to reserve a seat at morning prayers (and hence for the rest of the sitting) in the House of Commons. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > [noun] > card for reserving seat at prayers prayer card1880 prayer ticket1924 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > specific method of reserving seat prayer card1880 hat trick1886 prayer ticket1924 1880 Times 15 July 14/4 (advt.) Morning and evening prayer card. Price 1d., or 9d. per dozen. 1946 G. F. M. Campion May's Treat. Law, Privileges & Usage Parl. (ed. 14) 222 A Member, however, may leave a card upon a seat, in order to indicate his intention of acquiring a right to a seat by a subsequent attendance at prayers; this ‘prayer card’, which is dated, may be obtained by Members personally from an attendant. 1994 M. di Michele Under my Skin xi. 110 The other day she felt strangely touched by a prayer card which had arrived through the mail slot... The prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. Above the text, a naive drawing of the monk sweet-talking the animals. 2004 Times (Nexis) 11 Feb. 29 In the Commons he has occupied the same corner seat since he entered Parliament in 1970, which he reserves with a prayer card at 8am each day, though he never goes to prayers. < as lemmas |
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