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Spanish term or phrase:
las preces que su piedad les dicte
English translation:
prayers from your heart
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Remy Arce
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Spanish term
las preces que su piedad les dicte
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(…) y demás familiars lo participan con el más profundo dolor a todos sus amistades, rogándoles elevar al Ser Supremo las preces que su piedad les dicte por el eterno descanso de su alma.
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May 12, 2008 13:49: Remy Arce Created KOG entry
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prayers from your heart
this implies, I think, piety and mercy, and love
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The prayers that his piety dicatates to them
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the supplications / prayers /your devotion may elevate
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the prayers dictated by their faith
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the holy observances which, moved by piety, they make for the eternal rest of his soul
according to Wikipedia, the "preces" are a chant which is sung in Lent, with the Latin response "miserere nobis". Perhaps it's akin to having mass said for his soul.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preces
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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-04-29 07:56:40 GMT)
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To get it more specific, and given that in the article it says "tenían forma litánica", here is an optional translation:
"the litanies which, out of piety, they sing for the eternal rest of his soul"
Definition of "litany":
A prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/litany
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preces
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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-04-29 07:56:40 GMT)
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To get it more specific, and given that in the article it says "tenían forma litánica", here is an optional translation:
"the litanies which, out of piety, they sing for the eternal rest of his soul"
Definition of "litany":
A prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/litany
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