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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Bidding prayer

/bĭd'-ĭng prĕr/ · Bid·ding prayer · IPA
01 The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.
  1. 1.
    The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.(R. C. Ch.)
  2. 2.
    The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.(Angl. Ch.)