prier
Example Sentences
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"Je vous conseille de vous faire prier," said M. Emanuel, imperially menacing the other ear.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
He knows that prier, c’est élaborer Dieu; or, as he would put it, he is “one with” his god.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Ellen Harrison
But, papa, he said—ce Monsieur—he said that people go to church pour prier le bon Dieu.
From My Little Lady by Eleanor Frances Poynter
It was to the church pour prier dedans that I went, not to Mr. Church.
From Two Summers in Guyenne by Edward Harrison Barker
The butler foraged in the coat closet and presently emerged with a prier.
From The Pagan Madonna by W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner
