| 单词 | prayer-grinding |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprayer-grinding ΚΠ 1828 Lion 15 Aug. 208 If all the cannons, guns, bombs, and mortars..were used for that, and no other purpose, than to out-roar the cant and bruit of psalm-smiting and prayer-grinding throughout the kingdom,..I should hail the day, of the proudest triumph that humanity has yet to hope. 1842 Morning Chron. 19 Oct. We object to the prayer-grinding system practised at St. Pancras workhouse. 1910 F. H. Perrycoste Ritual, Faith, & Morals 244 All this mechanical prayer-grinding folly is the proof of his followers' zeal for that teacher who denounced vain repetitions. < as lemmas |
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