Bible Dictionaries
Bidding-Prayer

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

(Anglo-Saxon: biddan, to pray) The prayer just before the sermon in the Anglican Church. Originally the bidding of prayers signified the praying of prayers; later it came to signify the special prayer before the sermon.

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Bidding-Prayer'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​b/bidding-prayer.html. 1910.