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Definition of Prayer
1. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Worship
Specialized synonyms: Devotion, Benediction, Blessing
Derivative terms: Pray
2. Noun. Reverent petition to a deity.
Specialized synonyms: Prayer Wheel, Benediction, Blessing, Collect, Commination, Deprecation, Blessing, Grace, Thanksgiving, Intercession, Invocation, Supplication, Requiescat
Generic synonyms: Asking, Request
Derivative terms: Pray
3. Noun. Earnest or urgent request. "An appeal to the public to keep calm"
Generic synonyms: Asking, Request
Specialized synonyms: Adjuration, Demagoguery, Demagogy, Plea, Supplication, Solicitation, Suit, Courting, Courtship, Suit, Wooing
Derivative terms: Appeal
4. Noun. A fixed text used in praying.
Specialized synonyms: Agnus Dei, Mass, Shema
Specialized synonyms: Angelus, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Canticle Of Simeon, Nunc Dimittis, Evening Prayer, Evensong, Kol Nidre, Litany, Lord's Prayer
Derivative terms: Pray
5. Noun. Someone who prays to God.
Generic synonyms: Religious Person
Specialized synonyms: Beadsman, Bedesman
Derivative terms: Pray
Definition of Prayer
1. n. One who prays; a supplicant.
2. n. 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.
Definition of Prayer
1. Noun. A practice of communicating with one's God. ¹
2. Noun. The act of praying. ¹
3. Noun. The specific words or methods used for praying. ¹
4. Noun. A meeting held for the express purpose of praying. ¹
5. Noun. A request; a petition. ¹
6. Noun. One who prays. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prayer
1. a devout petition to a deity [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prayer
Literary usage of Prayer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Here the idea of the object of the prayer has practically vanished, so that
religion is ... prayer, a religious act taking the form of an entreaty for the ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"II Sei Am 114:14-15 Ja l '16 prayer Difficulties concerning prayer. ... Mis R
39:820-4 N '16 prayer in war-time Lit Digest 53:750 S 23 '16 Rationale of ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Postures in prayer are also an evidence of the tendency in human nature to express
inward sentiment by outward sign. Not only among Jews and Christians, ..."
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