prayer.
A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
Meaning & usage
A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
Through prayer I ask for God's guidance.
In many cultures, prayer involves singing.
An act of praying.
The specific words or methods used for praying.
Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.
For Baha'is, there's a difference between obligatory prayers and devotional prayers.
A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer.
A request; a petition.
This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free.
The remotest hope or chance.
That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English preiere, from Old French preiere, from Early Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem. Displaced native Old English ġebed (whence modern English bead).
One who prays.
Where this word comes from
pray + -er.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.