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prayer(1) (iou)



prayer noun1. ME.
[Old French preiere (mod. priere) from Proto-Gallo-Romance use as noun of fem. of Latin precarius obtained by entreaty.]
a. A solemn request to God or an object of worship; a supplication, thanksgiving, or Other verbal or mental act addressed to God. ME.
P. Cutting Hannes was a devout Christian, always offering a silent prayer before he ate. G. Sayer Because his prayers were not answered, he soon lost his faith.
b. The action or practice of praying, esp. to God. ME.
R. Warner We heard the clergyman's voice raised in prayer. K. Amis Prayer and Meditation are sure to guide me.
c. A formula or form of words used in praying. ME.
B. Moore Do you actually say prayers, things like the Hail Mary, the Our Father, and so on?
d. In pl. Requests to God for his blessing on someone; earnest good wishes. Now rare. L16.
Shakespeare Pericles Madam, my thanks and prayers.
Religious worship, esp. of a public Nature (chiefly in common prayer, evening prayer, etc., below). In pl., an occasion of (esp. private) worship, a service of prayer. ME.
P. Toynbee At school prayers would have already begun. E. Longford Early next day there were family prayers in the private chapel.
An entreaty made to a person; an earnest request or appeal. ME.
The subject matter of a petition or formal request; the thing requested or entreated; spec. the part of a petition to a monarch or a public body that specifies the thing desired. LME.
Times Since the hearing in the Inner House, the prayer of the petition had been amended.
Phrases: answer to a maiden's prayer: see MAIDEN noun. a wing and a prayer: see WING noun. bidding-prayer: see BIDDING noun. common prayer: see COMMON adjective. evening prayer: see EVENING. House of prayer: see HOUSE noun1. lead in prayer, lead the prayers: see LEAD verb1. MORNING prayer. not have a prayer (chiefly N. Amer. colloq.) have no chance. the Lord's Prayer: see LORD noun.
Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'pertaining to or for the purpose of prayer', as prayer-group, prayer-house, prayer-room, prayer-time, etc. Special combs., as prayer-bead (a) any of the beads of a string used in prayer, spec. a bead of a rosary; (b) a seed of the jequirity, Abrus precatorius, used for making rosaries; prayer-bell a bell rung to call people to prayer in a school, monastery, etc.; prayer bones US the knees; prayer-book a book of forms of prayer, spec. (the Prayer-Book) the Book of Common Prayer; prayer card a card used by a Member of Parliament for reserving a seat at prayers; prayer-carpet = prayer rug below; prayer-desk a desk from which prayers are read in a church; prayer-flag in Tibet and Nepal, a flag on which prayers are inscribed; prayer-mat = prayer rug below; prayer-meeting a religious meeting for prayer; prayer-mill = prayer-wheel below; prayer niche: see NICHE noun 1c; prayer-nut in a chaplet of beads, a nut-shaped bead which opens to form a diptych with reliefs; prayer plant a house-plant, Maranta leuconeura, (family Marantaceae), native to Brazil, with variegated leaves which are erect at night but prostrate during the day; prayer rug a small rug, carpet, or mat used (esp. by a Muslim) when praying; prayer-shawl = TALLITH; prayer-stick a stick decorated with feathers, used by the Zu?i of New Mexico in their religious ceremonies; prayer-wall a wall on which prayers are inscribed, spec. = MANI noun2; prayer-wheel a revolving cylindrical box inscribed with or containing prayers, used esp. by Tibetan Buddhists.
prayerwise adverb (rare) after the manner of a prayer L16.