preces

See also: precēs

English

Etymology

Latin precēs (“prayers”)

Noun

1. (Christianity) The alternate responsive petitions, as the versicles and suffrages, between the clergyman and the congregation in liturgical worship.

Anagrams

• creeps, crepes, crêpes, respec, respec'

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) precēs

1. nominative plural of prex
2. accusative plural of prex
3. vocative plural of prex

References

• “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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Latvian

Noun

preces f

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular form of prece
2. (deprecated template usage) nominative singular form of prece
3. (deprecated template usage) vocative singular form of prece
4. (deprecated template usage) accusative singular form of prece

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Spanish

Noun

preces m pl

1. plural of prez