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单词 precant
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precantn.

Brit. /ˈprɛk(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈprɛk(ə)nt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin precant-, precāns.
Etymology: < classical Latin precant-, precāns person who asks, person who prays, use as noun of present participle of precārī to pray (see precation n.).
rare.
A person who prays.
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1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 356 When the words of Prayer are not vnderstood by them which are present, the minde of the Precant is vnfruitfull.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 38 The efficacy of prayer relatively to the pray-er or precant himself.
2005 www.mazrywords.blogspot.com 19 Oct. (O.E.D. Archive) I seek not only for myself this time, but also for another precant who awaits my finding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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