Petitionary
61petition — n. & v. n. 1 a supplication or request. 2 a formal written request, esp. one signed by many people, appealing to authority in some cause. 3 Law an application to a court for a writ etc. v. 1 tr. make or address a petition to (petition your MP). 2 …
62postulation — noun 1. (logic) a declaration of something self evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument • Syn: ↑predication • Derivationally related forms: ↑predicate (for: ↑predication), ↑postulate …
63kyrie eleison — |kirēˌāəˈlā(ə)ˌsän, lāsən, lāəsən, in rapid speech ˌkirēəˈl noun or kyrie ˈkirēˌā (plural kyrie eleisons or kyries) Usage: often capitalized K&E Etymology: kyrie eleison from Late Latin, from Greek Kyrie eleēson Lord, have mercy; kyrie …
64petitory — ˈped.əˌtōrē adjective Etymology: Latin petitorius, from petitus (past participle of petere to go to or toward, seek, request) + orius ory more at feather 1. archaic : petitionary, supplicatory 2 …
65postulatory — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ləˌtōrē, tȯr , ri adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin postulatorius, from Latin, petitionary, from postulatus (past participle of postulare to postulate) + orius ory more at postulate : involving assumptions : hypothetical …
66bidding-prayer — biddˈing prayer noun 1. Orig the praying, or saying, of a prayer, then by confusion with ↑bid1taken to mean enjoining or inviting of prayer 2. A petitionary prayer said just before the sermon 3. A prayer of intercession for the living and the… …
67pe|ti|tion|ar|y — «puh TIHSH uh NEHR ee», adjective. 1. of a petition. 2. containing a petition. 3. Archaic. suppliant; entreating: »To say no to a poor petitionary rogue (Charles Lamb) …
68BACHARACH, EVA — (Ḥavvah; 1580–1651), a rare example of a learned woman, credited with writing commentary on midrash and targum, although these writings are no longer extant. Born into an illustrious and scholarly family, Eva was the maternal granddaughter of the …
69BAKKASHAH — (pl. bakkashot; Heb בַּקָּשָׁה, בַּקָּשׁוֹת, Supplication(s) ), liturgical compositions of the same type as seliḥot . The word denotes a wide range of prayers in prose or verse, petitionary and abstract in content, mainly for recitation… …
70FIRZOGERIN — FIRZOGERIN, Yiddish word for foresayer or precentor ; also zogerke. It came to refer to the woman who led prayers in the women s section of the synagogue. Since women were separated from men during worship, sometimes in a separate room, they… …
