prayer

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
  2. (countable) An act of praying.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The specific words or methods used for praying.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
  5. (countable) A request; a petition.
  6. (countable, singular, uncountable) The remotest hope or chance.

Synonyms

supplication
request
B1
petition
C1
entreaty
orison
praying
B2
wish
A1
worship
C1
application
B2
adoration
31k
appeal
B2
plea
C1
blessing
B2
devotion
C1
afternoon
A2
rogation
demand
B2
order
A1
invocation
solicitation
28k
word
A1

sacred text

supplicant
pray
B1
🛐
twilight
C1
vow
C1
ask
A1
beseech
C2
motion
B2
benediction

pre-dawn

devotions
complaint
B2
evening
A2
🌆
intercession
Te Deum
perform
B2
petitioner
45k
pledge
C1
poem
B2
praise
B2
prayerful
prayers
B2
beg
B1
priest
B1
promise
A1
qualification
24k
question
A1
❓
reading
B1
representation
C2
Translations

prière
preghiera
Gebet
oración
gebed

προσευχή

oração
dua
rezo
prier
🛐
oraison
prece
صلاة
dua
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹɛə(ɹ)/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
preiere
In summary

From Middle English preiere, from Old French preiere, from Early Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem. Displaced native Old English ġebed.

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