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Preces
In Christian liturgical worship, preces ( PREE-seez; Latin for 'prayers'), also known in the Anglican prayer book tradition as the suffrages, are short petitions that are said or sung as versicles and responses by the officiant and congregation respectively. It is one of the oldest forms of prayer in Christianity, rooted in the pre-Christian Hebrew prayers of the Psalms used in Temple worship.In many prayer books, the versicles, to be spoken or sung by the priest, and the following responses, spoken or sung by the congregation, are denoted by special glyphs: Versicle: ℣, a letter V crossed by an oblique line — Unicode U+2123 ℣ VERSICLE, HTML entity ℣ Response: ℟, a letter R crossed by an oblique line — Unicode U+211F ℟ RESPONSE, HTML entity ℟
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Preces
Preces are, in liturgical worship, short petitions that are said or sung as versicle and response by the officiant and congregation respectively. This form of prayer is one of the oldest in Christianity, finding its source in both the pre-Christian Hebrew prayers of the Psalms in Temple Worship,
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Preces
prē′sez, n.pl. the alternate responsive petitions, as the versicles and suffrages, between the clergyman and the congregation in liturgical worship. [L., pl. of prex, a prayer.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of preces in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of preces in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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