prayers

3 definitions • 9 examples

the words that someone says or thinks when they are praying:

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

the act or ceremony in which someone prays:

I found her kneeling in prayer at the back of the church.

The prisoners find their only solace in prayer.

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:

[ C ] an evening prayer

[ C ] a prayer of thanks

[ U ] She knelt in prayer.