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Definition of Prayerful
1. Adjective. Disposed to pray or appearing to pray.
Definition of Prayerful
1. a. Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional.
Definition of Prayerful
1. Adjective. That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prayerful
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prayerful
Literary usage of Prayerful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"Nor is it possible to look without a certain emotion at these ancient and colossal
symbols of the prayerful expectation under which the heroes and kings of ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"The Egyptian epitaphs generally contain these prayerful hopes for the dead taken
from the ancient liturgies. Ritter (M. s. pp. 31, 32) considers that these ..."
3. The Panoplist, and Missionary Magazine United (1813)
"... the studious, unobtrusive, prayerful reader of the Scrip.» tures, is much more
probably in possession of genuine wisdom, than those who trust themselves ..."
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