·noun Command; order; a proclamation or notifying.
II. Bidding ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Bid.
III. Bidding ·noun The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an Auction.
·- The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. II. Bidding prayer ·- The praye...
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