prayer
(noun)
noun
1. 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
Similar word(s): supplication
Definition categories: act, worship
2. reverent petition to a deity
Similar word(s): orison, petition
Definition categories: communication, asking, request
3. earnest or urgent request
Similar word(s): appeal, entreaty
Definition categories: communication, asking, request
4. a fixed text used in praying
Definition categories: communication
5. someone who prays to God
Similar word(s): supplicant
Definition categories: person
Sentences with prayer as a noun:
- Through prayer I ask for God's blessings.
- In many cultures, prayer involves singing.
- Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.
- For Baha'is theres a difference between obligatory and devotional prayer.
- Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer.
- This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free.
- Yep, Grandpa is a real prayer all right.