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Nave Topical Bible
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Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Petitions to the Holy See
Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
• Petitioning
• Petitioned
• Petition
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Act On Petition
• Louis Petit de Bachaumont
• Louis Petit de Julleville
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Petition
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Adam Du Petit Pont
• McIlvaine (or Macllvaine), Charles Petit, D.D.
• Millenary Petition
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Petite Nature
• Petition of Right
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Matthieu Petit-Didier
• Petitions to the Holy See
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Petit Guillaume Haguinet
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• ܒ݁ܳܥܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• ܫܶܐܠܬ݂ܳܐ
• αἴτημα
• δέησις
• ἔντευξις
• בְּעָה
• בָּעוּ
• מִשְׁאָלָה
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according to Dr. Watts, is the fourth part of prayer, and includes a desire of deliverance from evil, and a request of good things to be bestowed. On both these accounts petitions are to be offered up to God, not only for ourselves, but for our fellow-creatures also. This part of prayer is frequently called intercession. (See PRAYER).