单词 | prayer of inclination |
释义 | > as lemmasprayer of inclination prayer of inclination n. any of various prayers of supplication or benediction in the liturgies of the Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, spec. (a) (with reference to the liturgies of the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Church of the East) one which the priest utters in an undertone with the head bowed; (b) one during which the congregation bow their heads, esp. the prayer between the Lord's Prayer and the administration of the Eucharist (corresponding to the Anglican prayer of humble access). ΚΠ 1837 Madras Church Missionary Rec. Jan. 6/1 (heading) Prayer of Inclination. 1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church: Pt. 1 I. iii. v. 515 The Prayer of Inclination. This is a short supplication that God would endue them who are about to be communicants with all the dispositions of mind necessary to their communicating worthily. 1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church: Pt. 1 II. iv. v. 990 The inclination, or prayer of inclination, alternates with the prayers to be said aloud in the Syriac offices. The former are said secretly, the hands being crossed, and the head bowed. 1868 Union Rev. 6 247 The ‘Prayers of Inclination’..were repeated by the Bishop, stretching out his hands towards heaven, over the people, who meanwhile were profoundly inclined. 1919 L. Wright Eucharistic Office Bk. Common Prayer v. 82 In Eastern liturgies the corresponding prayer [to the Prayer of Humble Access] is called the ‘prayer of inclination’, and comes immediately before the people's Communion. 1989 J. Vadakkel East Syrian Anaphora of Mar Theodore of Mopsuestia v. 100 This is a prayer of inclination recited in a low voice with bowed head and stretched out hands towards the altar. 2001 Dumbarton Oaks Papers 55 23 It is possible to distinguish [i.e. in the Byzantine funeral rite] a complete liturgical structure comprising a litany followed by two prayers, the final one a prayer of inclination. < as lemmas |
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