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prayer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | appeal, entreaty |
| Type of | request, asking |
| Has types | demagogy, wooing, solicitation, adjuration, suit, courting, demagoguery, plea, courtship, supplication |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | supplicant |
| Type of | religious person |
| Has types | beadsman, bedesman |
| Derivation | pray |
prayer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | supplication |
| Type of | worship |
| Has types | blessing, benediction, devotion |
| Derivation | pray |
the priest sank to his knees in prayer.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | orison, petition |
| Type of | asking, request |
| Has types | intercession, benediction, blessing, collect, commination, deprecation, grace, invocation, prayer wheel, requiescat, supplication, thanksgiving |
| Derivation | pray |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | religious text, religious writing, sacred writing, sacred text |
| Has types | shema, mass, agnus dei |
| Derivation | pray |
Examples of prayer
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LeBow, who is Jewish, even brought in a rabbi to say a prayer for the dead deal.
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He said it left after he brought in a Pentecostal minister for a prayer session.
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Micah's recovery, according to his doctor, is a miracle and an answer to prayer.
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Before leaving the airport, she and her husband said a prayer, said Danigel, 46.
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Sherry Wilson placed flowers at his headstone, and they gave a prayer of thanks.
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I salute their Marine Corps flag and offer a prayer for their healing as I pass.
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In a city that one study says is 30% Muslim, there is tension over prayer space.
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It comes as the afternoon call-to-prayer is chanted from minarets and it is hot.
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Well, it starts with prayer to our ONLY leader who has guided us since creation.
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- 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"
- Reverent petition to a deity
- Entreaty: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
- A fixed text used in praying
- Someone who prays to God
- (pray) address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer; "pray to the Lord"
- Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional connection to a god, deity or spirit, through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. ...
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