praya
praya

prayer


Definition: Meaning of, prayer in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / prɛː /

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prayer prayers
  1. [countable] words that you say when praying to God or gods
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  2. [uncountable] when someone prays, or the regular habit of praying
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  3. [countable] a wish or hope that something will happen
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  4. prayers [plural] a regular religious meeting in a church, school etc, at which people pray together
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  5. not have a prayer (of doing something) informal to have no chance of succeeding
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  6. an/the answer to somebody's prayers informal something that someone wants or needs very much
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  • Book of Common Prayer (noun)
    1. the Anglican service book of the Church of England; has had several revisions since the Reformation and is widely admired for the dignity and beauty of its language
  • Book of Common Prayer, The
    1. a book used in Church of England and Episcopal churches, which contains the words spoken by the priest and by the people in church at weekly services and at weddings, funerals etc
  • Evening Prayer (noun)
    1. Anglican Church a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
  • Lord's Prayer (noun)
    1. the Lord's Prayer the most important prayer of the Christian religion
  • Morning Prayer (noun)
    1. a morning church service in the Church of England and the Episcopal Church in the US [=  matins]
  • Prayer Book, the
    1. another name for the BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
  • Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children (noun)
    1. an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel
  • house of prayer (noun)
    1. any building where congregations gather for prayer
  • morning prayer (noun)
    1. the first canonical hour; at daybreak
  • prayer beads (noun)
    1. especially by Catholics a string of beads used in counting prayers
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