prayer
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- noun
- /ˈprɛər/
- Please join me in the invocation, a prayer of the Ojibwe nation.
- prayer book
- Lord's prayer
- common prayer
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Watch on YouTubeAnd before every book, say a little prayer and the prayer goes like this.
- And before every book, say a little prayer and the prayer goes like this.
- And this is actually a prayer of Moses.
- Religion provided some of that the the prayer before your meal.
- Did you see the inaugural prayer from this pastor Lorenzo Sewell?
- So the Hail Mary is a kind of prayer, but that's different from the Our Father.
- And so some prayers are two units.
- There's so many wonderful prayers and there's one prayer.
Examples
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During the service, the priest led the congregation in a prayer for peace and guidance.
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Please join us now in the Invocation, a prayer of the Ojibwe Nation.
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And before every book, say a little prayer and the prayer goes like this.
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Have you ever heard of the prayer of the dead?
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And this is actually a prayer of Moses.
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You will remember to say your morning and evening prayers and write to me every week.
Fiction book (1993) -
Turn your face toward the holy place of prayer; wherever you find yourselves, turn your face in that direction.
Academic text (2015) -
Let us repeat the Lord's Prayer.
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There is a tradition of prayer for unity and peace in Catholic and various Protestant churches.
Academic text (2015) -
It's a family prayer.
Synonyms
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A short prayer asking for God's help at the end of a service
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A Christian prayer taught by Jesus that begins with "Our Father"
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A humble request for help from someone in power or from God
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A short prayer asking for help or blessing at the start of a service
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
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A daily evening service in the Church of England for prayers and readings
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A rectangular cloth with knotted strings on the corners that Jewish people wear during morning prayers
- Literature
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An official service book used in Church of England worship with formal and beautiful language
A section added to the Book of Daniel containing a prayer and a song by three young men
A religious passage added to the Book of Daniel that contains a prayer and a song by three children
How Fixed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word prayer comes from the old Latin verb precari, meaning 'to ask', and over time it also came to mean the actual words people use when they ask. So a prayer can be a set of words learned and said during a religious service.