morning prayer
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5.0
- noun
- Specialized
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oración matutina
- The bell rings for morning prayers.
- say your morning prayer
- chanting morning prayers
- morning prayer service
Examples
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Morning prayers are at quarter to 9:00.
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Now, let's bow our heads for the morning prayer.
Fiction book (1998) -
Maybe as a thank you, you can lead us all in morning prayer.
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In the morning prayer, everybody will come to know.
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I have included you in my morning prayer.
Blog text (23) -
Well, let's do our morning prayer, okay?
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I must get ready for morning prayers.
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If I miss the morning prayer, I pray twice in the afternoon.
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I once walked into the dining room when my father was saying his morning prayers.
Fiction book (1991) -
Every day before dawn, the church holds morning prayer to begin the day with devotion.
Synonyms
1
9.9
A morning church service of prayers and short readings
How Late
- Baby Talk
2
6.0
- Formal
1
8.7
- Formal
- Specialized
4
5.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'morning prayer' is directly compositional: 'morning' (the early part of the day) + 'prayer' (an act of speaking to a deity) yields the straightforward meaning of a prayer said in the morning. While the definition mentions a specific liturgical canonical hour, the core sense is predictable and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Morning prayer comes from the simple picture of people gathering at dawn to say a short prayer in the morning before the day begins. That's why it means 'the first prayer of the day'.