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pray-in

[ prey-in ]

noun

  1. a form of social protest in which demonstrators engage in passive resistance and prayer: popular especially in the 1970s.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pray-in1

First recorded in 1960–65; pray + -in 3

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Example Sentences

Some of us wore pink head scarves, the color we've chosen to symoblize our "pink pray-in" movement of Islamic feminism.

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