Bidding prayer () The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. |
Bidding prayer () The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons. |
Brequet chain () A watch-guard. |
Chain (n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. |
Chain (n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain |
Chain (n.) A series of things linked together |
Chain (n.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. |
Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds |
Chain (n.) The warp threads of a web. |
Chain (v. t.) To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain |
Chain (v. t.) To keep in slavery |
Chain (v. t.) To unite closely and strongly. |
Chain (v. t.) To measure with the chain. |
Chain (v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. |
Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge. |
Chain stitch () An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain |
Chain stitch () A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work |
Chain wheel () A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. |
Chain wheel () An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. |
Chaplet (n.) A garland or wreath to be worn on the head. |
Chaplet (n.) A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying |
Chaplet (n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc. |
Chaplet (n.) A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1. |
Chaplet (n.) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold. |
Chaplet (n.) A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. |
Chaplet (n.) A small chapel or shrine. |
Chaplet (v. t.) To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. |
Gunter's chain () The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale. |
Prayer (n.) One who prays |
Prayer (v. i.) The act of praying, or of asking a favor |
Prayer (v. i.) The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God |
Prayer (v. i.) The form of words used in praying |
Sheet chain () A chain sheet cable. |
Top-chain (n.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away. |
prayer meeting prayer service | a service at which people sing hymns and pray together |
prayer supplication | the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving), the priest sank to his knees in prayer |
chain pickerel chain pike Esox niger | common in quiet waters of eastern United States |
anchor chain anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
atomic pile atomic reactor pile chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain |
bicycle chain | a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle |
chain | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
chain string strand | a necklace made by a stringing objects together, a string of beads, a strand of pearls, |
chain | anything that acts as a restraint |
chain | a linked or connected series of objects, a chain of daisies |
chain mail ring mail mail chain armor chain armour ring armor ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
chain printer | an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain |
chain saw chainsaw | portable power saw, teeth linked to form an endless chain |
chain stitch | a looped stitch resembling the links of a chain, used in embroidery and in sewing |
chain stitch | the most basic of all crochet stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop |
chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
chain tongs | a pipe wrench used for turning large pipes, an adjustable chain circles the pipe with its ends connected to the head whose teeth engage the pipe |
chain wrench | another name for chain tongs |
daisy chain | flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems, worn by students on class day at some schools |
flower chain | flowers strung together in a chain |
fob watch chain watch guard | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest |
irons chains | metal shackles, for hands or legs |
paper chain | a chain made of loops of colored paper, used to decorate a room |
place of worship house of prayer house of God house of worship | any building where congregations gather for prayer |
prayer rug prayer mat | a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions |
prayer shawl tallith tallis | (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner, worn by Jews at morning prayer |
pull chain | a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet) |
rosary prayer beads | a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics) |
tire chain snow chain | chain attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow |
wreath garland coronal chaplet lei | flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes |
prayer book prayerbook | a book containing prayers |
prayer wheel | a cylinder with prayers written on it, each revolution counts as uttering the prayers, used especially by Buddhists in Tibet |
prayer | a fixed text used in praying |
Evening Prayer evensong | (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer |
Book of Common Prayer | the Anglican service book of the Church of England, has had several revisions since the Reformation and is widely admired for the dignity and beauty of its language |
Lord's Prayer | the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew :-) |
Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children | an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel |
chain letter | a letter that is sent successively to several people |
entreaty prayer appeal | earnest or urgent request, an entreaty to stop the fighting, an appeal for help, an appeal to the public to keep calm |
prayer petition orison | reverent petition to a deity |
chain | (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership |
apparel chain | a chain of clothing stores |
discount chain | a chain of discount stores |
restaurant chain | a chain of restaurants |
retail chain | a chain of retail stores |
chain gang | a gang of convicts chained together |
chain concatenation | a series of things depending on each other as if linked together, the chain of command, a complicated concatenation of circumstances |
daisy chain | (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences |
Pennines Pennine Chain | a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south, forms the watershed for English rivers |