Defenition of the word prayer

Defenition of the word prayer
- earnest or urgent request
- a fixed text used in praying
- reverent petition to a deity
- someone who prays to God
- the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
- 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"
- earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

Synonyms for the word prayer

- appeal
- communion
- entreaty
- orison
- petition
- supplicant
- supplication

Hyponyms for the word prayer

- adjuration
- Agnus Dei
- Angelus
- Ave Maria
- beadsman
- bedesman
- benediction
- blessing
- Canticle of Simeon
- collect
- commination
- courting
- courtship
- demagoguery
- demagogy
- deprecation
- devotion
- Evening Prayer
- evensong
- grace
- Hail Mary
- intercession
- invocation
- Kol Nidre
- Litany
- Lord's Prayer
- Mass
- Nunc dimittis
- plea
- prayer wheel
- requiescat
- Shema
- solicitation
- suit
- supplication
- thanksgiving
- wooing

Hypernyms for the word prayer

- asking
- religionist
- religious person
- religious text
- religious writing
- request
- sacred text
- sacred writing
- worship

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Words in other languages

English: Hello
Russian: Привет
France: Bonjour
Spanish: Hola
Dautch: Guten Aben