Prayer

//pɹɛə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity. uncountable

    "Through prayer I ask for God's guidance."

  2. 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. 3
    the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) wordnet
  4. 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. 5
    a fixed text used in praying wordnet
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  1. 6
    The specific words or methods used for praying. countable, uncountable

    "Christians recite the Lord's Prayer."

  2. 7
    earnest or urgent request wordnet
  3. 8
    A meeting held for the express purpose of praying. countable, uncountable

    "Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer."

  4. 9
    reverent petition to a deity wordnet
  5. 10
    A request; a petition. countable

    "This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free."

  6. 11
    someone who prays to God wordnet
  7. 12
    The remotest hope or chance. countable, singular, uncountable

    "That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

pray + -er.

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