prayer

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Synonyms: player, sprayer, pryer, payer, brayer, prater, grayer, prayed, preyer, crayer, prader

Antonyms: player, sprayer, pryer, payer, brayer, prater, grayer, prayed, preyer, crayer, prader

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Noun

1. A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
   • Through prayer I ask for God's guidance.
   • In many cultures, prayer involves singing.
2. An act of praying.
3. The specific words or methods used for praying.
   • Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.
   • For Baha'is, there's a difference between obligatory prayers and devotional prayers.
4. A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
   • Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer.
5. A request; a petition.
   • This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free.
6. The remotest hope or chance.
   • That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship.

Noun

1. One who prays.

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