prayerish

adj

prayerish

adj

Etymology From prayer + -ish.

1

Characteristic of or inclined toward prayer; prayerlike or prayerful.

She had a prayerish voice.1935, The Tanager - Volumes 11-12, page 9:
Others, I swear, crossed themselves at least mentally, and whispered a prayerish aside into their seidels.1941 -, Norman Alley, I Witness, page 175:

2 more examples

The only number I liked was that prayerish affair.1960, Drum - Issues 105-117, page 63:
Or because the people who went there were in a prayerish mood and were more likely to take care of me?2018, Emma Shevah, Dara Palmer's Major Drama:

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