26984 words

prayer

3 definitions • 9 examples
1
the words that someone says or thinks when they are praying:

Examples:

a prayer of thanks
She always says her prayers (= prays) before she goes to sleep.
We thought he'd been killed, but our prayers were answered when he arrived home unexpectedly.
a prayer book
2
the act or ceremony in which someone prays:

Examples:

I found her kneeling in prayer at the back of the church.
The prisoners find their only solace in prayer.
3
the act or ceremony of speaking to God or a god, esp. to express thanks or to ask for help, or the words used in this act:

Examples:

[ C ] an evening prayer
[ C ] a prayer of thanks
[ U ] She knelt in prayer.

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