concrete. Also figurative. spec. A short prayer ‘darted up to God’ (Fuller) in an emergency. In wider sense: A short hasty emotional utterance.
a short prayer ‘darted up’ to God (Latin preces jaculatoriæ (Jerome); French oraison jaculatoire). Obsolete. Cf. ejaculatory, adj. 3.
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