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Definition of Praying

Praying
Praying Pray"ing, a. & n. from Pray, v. Praying insect, locust, or mantis (Zo["o]l.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis. Praying machine, or 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.

Meaning of Praying from wikipedia

- incantation, formal creedal statement, or a spontaneous utterance in the praying person. The act of prayer is attested in written sources as early as five...
- Hands: Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu. Southern Mantis Press. ISBN 978-0-9857240-1-6. Funk, Jon. "Praying Mantis Kung Fu". Praying Mantis Kung Fu. Retrieved...
- Operation Praying Mantis was the 18 April 1988 attack by the United States on Iranian naval targets in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for the mining...
- Praying with Anger is a 1992 independent drama film directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who made his directorial debut. Shyamalan also wrote, produced, and...
- praying mantis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The praying mantis is any insect of the order Mantodea. Praying mantis may also refer to: Praying Mantis...
- Philip's War from 1675 to 1678, many praying towns were depo****ted, in part due to the forced internment of praying Indians on Deer Island, many of whom...
- Praying Mantis (Chinese: 螳螂拳; pinyin: tánglángquán; lit. 'praying mantis fist') is a style of Chinese martial arts, sometimes called Shandong Praying...
- Pray for Rain may refer to: Pray for Rain (band), San Francisco-based band and film score composers PFR, Nashville Christian rock band Pray for Rain,...
- the Southern Mantis style is unrelated to the Northern Praying Mantis style. Southern Praying Mantis places a heavy emphasis on close-range fighting....
- Praying Hands can refer to: Praying Hands (Dürer), a drawing (ca. 1508) by artist Albrecht Dürer A 60-foot bronze sculpture by Leonard McMurray on the...