Prayer

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A reverent petition made to God, a god, or another object of worship.
  • noun. The act of making a reverent petition to God, a god, or another object of worship.
  • noun. An act of communion with God, a god, or another object of worship, such as in devotion, confession, praise, or thanksgiving.
  • noun. A specially worded form used to address God, a god, or another object of worship.
  • noun. A religious observance in which praying predominates.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A fervent request.
  • noun. The thing requested.
  • noun. The slightest chance or hope.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The request for relief by a party initiating a lawsuit, stated in the pleadings.
  • noun. The portion of the pleadings that contains this request.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who prays; a suppliant; a petitioner.
  • noun. The act of beseeching, entreating, or supplicating; supplication; entreaty; petition; suit.
  • noun. In religious usage, a devout petition to an object of worship, as God, or a saint or an angel; an orison: confined in Protestant usage to such petitions addressed to God; more generally, any spiritual communion with God, including confession, petition, adoration, praise, and thanksgiving. See dulia.
  • noun. The practice of praying, or of communing with God.
  • noun. The form of words used in praying; a formula of worship: as, the Lord's Prayer.
  • noun. A form of religious service; a religious observance, either public or private, consisting mainly of prayer to God; a liturgy: often in the plural: as, the service of morning prayer; family prayers.
  • noun. That part of a memorial or petition to a public body, or of a bill of complaint in equity, which specifies the thing desired to be done or granted, as distinct from the recital of facts or reasons for the grant.
  • noun. See the qualifying words.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body.
  • noun. The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being
  • noun. The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God
  • noun. a book containing devotional prayers.
  • noun. a meeting or gathering for prayer to God.
  • noun. One who prays; a supplicant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who prays.
  • noun. A practice of communicating with one's God.
  • noun. The act of praying.
  • noun. The specific words or methods used for praying.
  • noun. A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
  • noun. A request; a petition.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a fixed text used in praying
  • noun. someone who prays to God
  • noun. earnest or urgent request
  • noun. the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
  • noun. reverent petition to a deity
  • Word Usage
    "But prayer, generally considered, embraces all the above-mentioned parts; when, however, we distinguish one part against another, _prayer_, properly speaking, means the uplifting of the mind to God."
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