praying

[pray]

To pray is to talk to a deity or god. Some people pray by asking for help or guidance.

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a. & n. from Pray, v.


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Praying

Pray"ing , a. & n. from Pray, v. Praying insect, locust, ∨ mantis (Zo'94l.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis. -- Praying machine, ∨ Praying wheel, a wheel on which prayers are pasted by Buddhist priests, who then put the wheel in rapid revolution. Each turn in supposed to have the efficacy of an oral repetition of all the prayers on the wheel. Sometimes it is moved by a stream.

a. & n. from Pray, v.

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Usage Examples

Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.

In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it.

I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?

If you talk to God, you are praying If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

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Other Usage Examples

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.

When Queer Eye hit, the church told my mom they were praying for me. She said, God loves him too. And I support him 100 percent.

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics.

I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock.

What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing.

Shooting a film is like a kismet quest. You have thirty days and you need magic to happen. So that's why I wear suits. I'm praying to the gods, and I'm doing everything I can to respect the powers of the world.

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