preces
See also: precēs
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preces pl (plural only)
- (Christianity) The alternate responsive petitions, as the versicles and suffrages, between the clergyman and the congregation in liturgical worship.
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precēs
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- “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.
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preces f
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preces
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preces m pl