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bid2 /bid/ transitive verb (biddˈing; bade /bad, also (esp poetic) bād/ or bid; biddˈen or bid)- To invite
- To command (archaic)
- To ask for (archaic)
- To pray (obsolete)
- To greet with, say as a greeting
ORIGIN: OE biddan; Gothic bidjan; Ger bitten. See bead biddˈing noun - Someone's orders or commands
- A command
- An invitation
biddˈing-prayer noun - Orig the praying, or saying, of a prayer, then by confusion with bid1taken to mean enjoining or inviting of prayer
- A petitionary prayer said just before the sermon
- A prayer of intercession for the living and the dead, said in English churches until the Reformation
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