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Prayer

Prayer Meaning & Definition
Prayer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Prayer?

[n] the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer"
[n] a fixed text used in praying
[n] earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
[n] reverent petition to a deity
[n] someone who prays to God

Synonyms | Synonyms for Prayer: appeal | entreaty | orison | petition | supplicant | supplication

Related Terms | Find terms related to Prayer: adjuration | adoration | aid prayer | Angelus | appeal | application | asker | Ave | Ave Maria | beadroll | beads | bedtime prayer | beggar | begging | beseeching | beseechment | bid | bidding prayer | breviary | call | camp meeting | chaplet | church | church service | clamor | collect | communion | compline | contemplation | cry | devotion | devotions | divine service | duty | entreaty | evening devotions | evensong | exercises | grace | Hail Mary | impetration | imploration | imploring | imprecation | intercession | invocation | invocatory plea | Kyrie Eleison | lauds | litany | liturgy | Mass | matins | meditation | meeting | morning devotions | night song | none | nones | novena | obsecration | obtestation | office | orison | Paternoster | petition | petitioner | plea | pleading | praise meeting | prayer meeting | prayer wheel | prayers | praying | prime | prime song | public worship | request | revival | revival meeting | rogation | rosary | service | sext | silent prayer | suit | suitor | supplicant | supplication | supplicator | tent meeting | thanks | thanksgiving | tierce | undersong | vesper | vespers | vigils | watch meeting | watch night | watch-night service | worship

See Also | adjuration | Agnus Dei | Angelus | asking | Ave Maria | beadsman | bedesman | benediction | benediction | blessing | blessing | Canticle of Simeon | collect | commination | courting | courtship | demagoguery | demagogy | deprecation | devotion | Evening Prayer | evensong | grace | Hail Mary | intercession | invocation | Kol Nidre | Litany | Lord's Prayer | Mass | Nunc dimittis | plea | religionist | religious person | religious text | religious writing | request | requiescat | sacred text | sacred writing | solicitation | suit | supplication | thanksgiving | wooing | worship

Prayer In Webster's Dictionary

\Pray"er\, n. One who prays; a supplicant.
\Prayer\ (?; 277), n. [OE. preiere, OF. preiere, F. pri[`e]re, fr. L. precarius obtained by prayer, fr. precari to pray. See {Pray}, v. i.] 1. The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body. ``Their meek preyere.'' --Chaucer 2. The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer. As he is famed for mildness, peace, and prayer. --Shak. 3. The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers. He made those excellent prayers which were published immediately after his death. --Bp. Fell. {Prayer book}, a book containing devotional prayers. {Prayer meeting}, a meeting or gathering for prayer to God. Syn: Petition; orison; supplication; entreaty; suit.

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