prier
Example Sentences
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But, papa, he said—ce Monsieur—he said that people go to church pour prier le bon Dieu.
From My Little Lady by Eleanor Frances Poynter
Not being able to find it, I asked a man to tell me the way to it, and he, stopping, said: 'L'église pour aller prier dedans?'
From Two Summers in Guyenne by Edward Harrison Barker
He knows that prier, c’est élaborer Dieu; or, as he would put it, he is “one with” his god.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Ellen Harrison
But no doubt," the cunning old prier went on, with a smiling suavity in his voice—"but no doubt a man who knowth Edinburgh tho well as you will have a favourite blend of hith own.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
"Je vous conseille de vous faire prier," said M. Emanuel, imperially menacing the other ear.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
