prayer meeting
noun
: a usually informal gathering for worship and prayer
especially : a Protestant worship service usually held on a week night
called also prayer service
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web On March 1, three days after Russian troops took control, a few hundred people gathered in a central square for a prayer meeting. 
James Marson, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 Toward the end of the online prayer meeting in September, Monster lamented the enormous amount of misinformation online. Rob Kuznia, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021 The event, billed as a rally and prayer meeting, is scheduled to coincide with a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting at the nearby Marriott Baltimore Waterfront on Nov. 16. Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 3 Nov. 2021 The protest and prayer meeting was slated to be held by conservative Catholic news outlet Church Militant during the conference meeting in mid-November. Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2021 Or perhaps the motivating number is nine, which accounts for those who were shot in Charleston during a prayer meeting. Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021 Although no one disputes that the February gathering accelerated the outbreak, the virus was probably circulating in the region, Alsace, weeks before the prayer meeting began and months before the French government banned events in March. Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021 Nix and Britt’s prayer meeting was an especially nice moment for a worried mom. Giana Han, al, 27 Oct. 2020 The football program held Zoom meetings, and at the end of it, Britt and Krista Nix, quarterback Bo Nix’s mother, held a prayer meeting where parents could come forward with prayer requests. Giana Han, al, 27 Oct. 2020 See More
James Marson, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 Toward the end of the online prayer meeting in September, Monster lamented the enormous amount of misinformation online. Rob Kuznia, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021 The event, billed as a rally and prayer meeting, is scheduled to coincide with a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting at the nearby Marriott Baltimore Waterfront on Nov. 16. Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 3 Nov. 2021 The protest and prayer meeting was slated to be held by conservative Catholic news outlet Church Militant during the conference meeting in mid-November. Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2021 Or perhaps the motivating number is nine, which accounts for those who were shot in Charleston during a prayer meeting. Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021 Although no one disputes that the February gathering accelerated the outbreak, the virus was probably circulating in the region, Alsace, weeks before the prayer meeting began and months before the French government banned events in March. Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021 Nix and Britt’s prayer meeting was an especially nice moment for a worried mom. Giana Han, al, 27 Oct. 2020 The football program held Zoom meetings, and at the end of it, Britt and Krista Nix, quarterback Bo Nix’s mother, held a prayer meeting where parents could come forward with prayer requests. Giana Han, al, 27 Oct. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1721, in the meaning defined above