preces

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See also: precēs

English

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Etymology

From Latin precēs (prayers).

Noun

preces pl (plural only)

  1. (Christianity) The alternate responsive petitions, as the versicles and suffrages, between the clergyman and the congregation in liturgical worship.

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

precēs

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of prex

References

  • preces”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • preces”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "preces", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • preces in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

preces f

  1. genitive/nominative/vocative/accusative singular of prece

Portuguese

Noun

preces

  1. plural of prece

Spanish

Noun

preces m pl

  1. plural of prez

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