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prayer
(mass) | prayer
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prayer
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prayer
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Prayer
(gcide) | Prayer \Pray"er\, n.
One who prays; a supplicant.
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Prayer
(gcide) | Prayer \Prayer\ (?; 277), n. [OE. preiere, OF. preiere, F.
pri[`e]re, fr. L. precarius obtained by prayer, fr. precari
to pray. See Pray, v. i.]
1. 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. "Their meek preyere."
--Chaucer
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2. 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; as, public prayer; secret prayer.
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As he is famed for mildness, peace, and prayer.
--Shak.
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3. The form of words used in praying; a formula of
supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a
supplication addressed to God; as, a written or
extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers.
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He made those excellent prayers which were published
immediately after his death. --Bp. Fell.
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Prayer book, a book containing devotional prayers.
Prayer meeting, a meeting or gathering for prayer to God.
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Syn: Petition; orison; supplication; entreaty; suit.
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prayer
(wn) | prayer
n 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" [syn: prayer,
supplication]
2: reverent petition to a deity [syn: prayer, petition,
orison]
3: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the
fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to
keep calm" [syn: entreaty, prayer, appeal]
4: a fixed text used in praying
5: someone who prays to God [syn: prayer, supplicant] |
PRAYER
(bouvier) | PRAYER, chanc. pleadings. That part of a bill which asks for relief.
2. The skill of the solicitor is to be exercised in framing this part
of the bill. An accurate specification of the matters to be decreed in
complicated cases, requires great discernment and experience; Coop. Eq. Pl.
13; it is varied as the case is made out, concluding always with a prayer of
general relief, at the discretion of the court. Mitf. Pl. 45.
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