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Prayer
Definitions
- 1 A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity. uncountable
"Through prayer I ask for God's guidance."
- 2 One who prays.
"If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar / A hope-er^([sic]), a pray-er^([sic]), a magic bean buyer…"
- 3 the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) wordnet
- 4 An act of praying. countable
"Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer."
- 5 a fixed text used in praying wordnet
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- 6 The specific words or methods used for praying. countable, uncountable
"Christians recite the Lord's Prayer."
- 7 earnest or urgent request wordnet
- 8 A meeting held for the express purpose of praying. countable, uncountable
"Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer."
- 9 reverent petition to a deity wordnet
- 10 A request; a petition. countable
"This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free."
- 11 someone who prays to God wordnet
- 12 The remotest hope or chance. countable, singular, uncountable
"That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship."
Etymology
From Middle English preiere, from Old French preiere, from Early Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem. Displaced native Old English ġebed (whence modern English bead).
pray + -er.
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