English Explanatory Dictionary

proseuche

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place of prayer; among the Jews, one that was not a synagogue, or the temple, usually roofless.

Word forms

proseuche proseuches proseucha proseukhe

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προσευχή (proseukhḗ). According to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: : prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel):—X pray earnestly, prayer.

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