Prayer of Manasseh

noun

Prayer of Ma·​nas·​seh

-mə-ˈna-sə

variants or Prayer of Manasses

-mə-ˈna-ˌsēz

: a short prayer included at the end of 2 Chronicles in the Vulgate and in the Eastern Orthodox canon and sometimes included as a separate book in the Protestant Apocrypha

—abbreviation Pr Man see Bible Table

Word History

First Known Use

1728, in the meaning defined above

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