Prayer

What do we mean by prayer?

A reverent petition made to God, a god, or another object of worship. noun

The act of making a reverent petition to God, a god, or another object of worship. noun

An act of communion with God, a god, or another object of worship, such as in devotion, confession, praise, or thanksgiving. noun

A specially worded form used to address God, a god, or another object of worship. noun

A religious observance in which praying predominates. noun

A fervent request. noun

The thing requested. noun

The slightest chance or hope. noun

The request for relief by a party initiating a lawsuit, stated in the pleadings. noun

The portion of the pleadings that contains this request. noun

One who prays; a suppliant; a petitioner. noun

The act of beseeching, entreating, or supplicating; supplication; entreaty; petition; suit. noun

In religious usage, a devout petition to an object of worship, as God, or a saint or an angel; an orison: confined in Protestant usage to such petitions addressed to God; more generally, any spiritual communion with God, including confession, petition, adoration, praise, and thanksgiving. See dulia. noun

The practice of praying, or of communing with God. noun

The form of words used in praying; a formula of worship: as, the Lord's Prayer. noun

A form of religious service; a religious observance, either public or private, consisting mainly of prayer to God; a liturgy: often in the plural: as, the service of morning prayer; family prayers. noun

That part of a memorial or petition to a public body, or of a bill of complaint in equity, which specifies the thing desired to be done or granted, as distinct from the recital of facts or reasons for the grant. noun

A practice of communicating with one's God.

The act of praying.

The specific words or methods used for praying.

A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.

A request; a petition.

(mostly in negative constructions) The remotest hope or chance.

Words that are spelled similarly to prayer:
prayer, player, payer, brayer, sprayer, prater, grayer, preyer, prayed, pryer, prader, crayer, prager, frayer, drayer, rayer.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word prayer:
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Words that rhyme with prayer:
bear, care, air, flare, tear, fair, chair, wear, square, fare, share, despair, there, hair, bare, spare, aware, layer, healthcare, pair, where, software, player, rare, dare, compare, welfare, flair, hare, swear, pear, ware, their, affair, repair, declare, ere, hardware, err, heir, impair, stare, mare, pare, prepare, bair, lair, glare, snare, daycare, scare, warfare, questionnaire, purveyor, debonair, nowhere, faire, laissez faire, nightmare, mer, childcare, mayor, fanfare, dispair, forebear, beware, everywhere, health care, solitaire, aer, unfair, naysayer, ensnare, extraordinaire, lare, malware, eyre, unaware, blare, payor, stair, soothsayer, thoroughfare, claire, anywhere, threadbare, blair, clair, forswear, underwear, elsewhere, guerre, footwear, conveyor, payer, cookware, gare, cher, doctrinaire, surveyor.

Adjectives that are often used to describe prayer:
silent, fervent, short, earnest, private, daily, public, common, last, special, long, constant, secret, true, much, mental, christian, brief, simple, humble, personal, contemplative, solemn, eucharistic, final, sincere, intercessory, quick, effectual, liturgical, continual, communal, beautiful, vocal, petitionary, extempore, congregational, united, utter, formal, heartfelt, regular, devout, quiet, ardent, unceasing, voluntary, holy, frequent, solitary, usual, spontaneous, extemporary, mystical, intense, unanswered, ejaculatory, pure, corporate, priestly, muslim, inward, passionate, penitential, genuine, famous, extemporaneous, continuous, morning, introductory.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective prayer:
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Consonant match to prayer:
prior, pryor, prier, praia, preyer, pryer, praya, prieur, pray a, pray he, pray her, pre a, pre aux, prey a, prey he, prix a, prix au, pro a, pro e, pro he, pro ho, pro i, pro o, prow a, pruer, pry a, pry her.

Words that sound like prayer:
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