| 单词 | to pray through |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pray through e. intransitive. Christian Church. to pray through: (in certain, esp. Pentecostal, movements or sects) to achieve a specific outcome (such as salvation, deliverance, or the baptism of the Holy Spirit) by sustained prayer; to proceed to a specified outcome by prayer. ΚΠ 1901 Chicago Tribune 8 May ii. 9/5 A large number of ‘seekers’ came to the altar at the close of the service and many of them ‘prayed through’. 1929 K. E. Helm Lure Divine Love (ed. 2) xxii. 171 Afterwards they would pray through to deliverance, acknowledge it, and thank him. 1938 J. Stuart Beyond Dark Hills 242 If you'd been there when I prayed through..You'd been a-praying and a-shouting too. 1969 Jrnl. for Sci. Study of Relig. 8 221/2 A candidate may be instructed to ‘repeat after me’ and copy the glossolalic utterances of the person who is helping him ‘pray through’ to the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. 1997 G. S. Warren Ev'ry Time I feel Spirit ii. 175 She sensed the need to ‘pray through’ for the service; in other words, to pray until they felt sure they had been heard by God and had heard from Him in return. < as lemmas |
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