adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Characteristic of or inclined toward prayer; prayerlike or prayerful.

   "She had a prayerish voice."

Example

More examples

"Others, I swear, crossed themselves at least mentally, and whispered a prayerish aside into their seidels."

Etymology

From prayer + -ish.

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