prayer

Plural: prayers

Noun

• A devout petition or spiritual communication with a deity.
• 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"
• reverent petition to a deity
• earnest or urgent request
• a fixed text used in praying
• someone who prays to God
• A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
• An act of praying.
• The specific words or methods used for praying.
• A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
• A request; a petition.
• The remotest hope or chance.
• One who prays.

Examples

• After seeing my rack, my only PRAYER was for a blank tile to complete my bingo.
• Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.
• For Baha'is, there's a difference between obligatory prayers and devotional prayers.
• Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer.
• In many cultures, prayer involves singing.
• That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship.
• This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free.
• Through prayer I ask for God's guidance.

Synonyms

appeal, entreaty, orison, petition, supplicant, supplication, bead, precation