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prayer
noun
1 prayer
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.
synonym: supplication.
Dutch: bede, gebed
Polish: modlitwa, modły
2 prayer
Reverent petition to a deity.
synonyms: orison, petition.
Roget 765:
request,
requisition;
claim
etc.
(demand)
741;
petition,
suit,
prayer;
begging letter,
round robin.
motion,
overture,
application,
canvass,
address,
appeal,
apostrophe;
imprecation;
rogation;
proposal,
proposition.
orison
etc.
(worship)
990;
incantation
etc.
(spell)
993.
mendicancy;
asking,
begging
etc.
v.;
postulation,
solicitation,
invitation,
entreaty,
importunity,
supplication,
instance,
impetration†,
imploration†,
obsecration†,
obtestation†,
invocation,
interpellation.
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Roget 990:
worship,
adoration,
devotion,
aspiration,
homage,
service,
humiliation;
kneeling,
genuflection,
prostration.
prayer,
invocation,
supplication,
rogation,
intercession,
orison,
holy breathing;
petition
etc.
(request)
765;
collect,
litany,
Lord's prayer,
paternoster [Lat.];
beadroll†;
latria†,
dulia†,
hyperdulia†,
vigils;
revival;
cult;
anxious meeting,
camp meeting;
ebenezer,
virginal.
thanksgiving;
giving thanks,
returning thanks;
grace,
praise,
glorification,
benediction,
doxology,
hosanna;
hallelujah,
allelujah†;
Te Deum [Lat.],
non nobis Domine [Lat.],
nunc dimittis [Lat.];
paean;
benschen [G.];
Ave Maria,
O Salutaris,
Sanctus [Lat.],
The Annunciation,
Tersanctus,
Trisagion.
psalm,
psalmody;
hymn,
plain song,
chant,
chaunt,
response,
anthem,
motet;
antiphon†,
antiphony.
oblation,
sacrifice,
incense,
libation;
burnt offering,
heave offering,
votive offering;
offertory.
discipline;
self-discipline,
self-examination,
self-denial;
fasting.
divine service,
office,
duty;
exercises;
morning prayer;
mass,
matins,
evensong,
vespers;
undernsong†,
tierce†;
holyday
etc.
(rites)
998.
worshipper,
congregation,
communicant,
celebrant.
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Dutch: gebed, bede, petitie, petitionnement, smeekbede, supplicatie, voorbede
3 prayer
Earnest or urgent request.
synonyms: appeal, entreaty.
Dutch: smeekgebed, smeekbede, oproep
Polish: apel, odezwa, wezwanie
4 prayer
A fixed text used in praying.
Dutch: bede
Polish: modlitwa
5 prayer
Moby thesaurus: Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Mass, Paternoster, adjuration, adoration, aid prayer, appeal, application, asker, beadroll, beads, bedtime prayer, beggar, begging, beseeching, beseechment, bid, bidding prayer, breviary, call, camp meeting, chaplet, church, church service, clamor, collect, communion, compline, contemplation, cry, devotion, devotions, divine service, duty, entreaty, evening devotions, evensong, exercises, grace, impetration, imploration, imploring, imprecation, intercession, invocation, invocatory plea, lauds, litany, liturgy, matins, meditation, meeting, morning devotions, night song, none, nones, novena, obsecration, obtestation, office, orison, petition, petitioner, plea, pleading, praise meeting, prayer meeting, prayer wheel, prayers, praying, prime, prime song, public worship, request, revival, revival meeting, rogation, rosary, service, sext, silent prayer, suit, suitor, supplicant, supplication, supplicator, tent meeting, thanks, thanksgiving, tierce, undersong, vesper, vespers, vigils, watch meeting, watch night, watch-night service, worship ... show more.
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