petitionary

«petitionary» in Mova's school dictionary: asking for something; petitionary prayer is prayer that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (petitionary)

meaning for a pupil

(church, formal) Petitionary means asking for something; petitionary prayer is prayer that asks God for help or for something needed, for yourself or for others. tree →

sense in the lessons

In religion lessons: types of prayer — praise (adoration), thanks (thanksgiving), saying sorry (confession) and asking (petitionary or intercessory prayer). It tells the reader that the prayer or letter is a request.

examples

• Petitionary prayer asks God for help. tree →
• «Please make Grandma better» is a petitionary prayer. tree →
• We learnt about thanksgiving and petitionary prayers. tree →
• The Lord's Prayer includes petitionary lines like «Give us this day our daily bread». tree →
• The king received a petitionary letter from the villagers. tree →
• Some petitionary prayers are for other people. tree →

note

Formal. From «petition» (a request). Prayer for others is often called intercession or intercessory prayer.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «petitionary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.