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What's The Definition Of Praying?Synonyms | Synonyms for Praying: Related Terms | Find terms related to Praying: See Also | Praying In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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