1. 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"
   - supplication 
2. Reverent petition to a deity
   - petition, orison [archaic] 
3. Earnest or urgent request
   - entreaty, appeal 
4. A fixed text used in praying 
5. Someone who prays to God
   - supplicant

Derived forms: prayers

See also: pray

Type of: asking, religious person, religious text, religious writing, request, sacred text, sacred writing, worship

Encyclopedia: Prayer Prayer, Lord's

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