Precation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of praying; supplication; entreaty; hence, a prayer; an invocation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of praying; supplication; entreaty.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A prayer or act of praying; an earnest request.
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    "They informed the teachers and administrators at the school to go on lockdown as a precation."
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