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# petitionary

adjective (petitionary)

«petitionary» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(church, formal) Petitionary means asking for something; petitionary prayer is prayer that asks God for help or for something needed, for yourself or for others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petitionary/#m1)

### In the lessons

In religion lessons: types of prayer — praise (adoration), thanks (thanksgiving), saying sorry (confession) and asking (petitionary or intercessory prayer). It tells the reader that the prayer or letter is a request.

### Examples

- Petitionary prayer asks God for help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petitionary/#x1)
- «Please make Grandma better» is a petitionary prayer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petitionary/#x2)
- We learnt about thanksgiving and petitionary prayers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petitionary/#x3)
- The Lord's Prayer includes petitionary lines like «Give us this day our daily bread». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petitionary/#x4)
- The king received a petitionary letter from the villagers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petitionary/#x5)
- Some petitionary prayers are for other people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petitionary/#x6)

### Note

Formal. From «petition» (a request). Prayer for others is often called intercession or intercessory prayer.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «petitionary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petitionary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«petitionary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petitionary.html) on Mova free.