 |
prayer
Found in thesaurus: worship, asking, request, sacred writing, religious text, religious writing, sacred text, religious person
| Babylon English | Download this dictionary |
prayer
n.
petition or entreaty to god, application to God expressed in words or thoughts; one who prays, one who appeals to God
| English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia | Download this dictionary |
Prayer
Prayer (from the Latin precari "to ask earnestly, beg, entreat") is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication.
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |
© This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
| WordNet 2.0 | Download this dictionary |
prayer
Noun
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"
(synonym) supplication
(hypernym) worship
(hyponym) devotion
(derivation) pray
2. reverent petition to a deity
(synonym) petition, orison
(hypernym) request, asking
(hyponym) prayer wheel
(derivation) pray
3. earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
(synonym) entreaty, appeal
(hypernym) request, asking
(hyponym) adjuration
4. a fixed text used in praying
(hypernym) sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
(hyponym) Agnus Dei
(derivation) pray
5. someone who prays to God
(synonym) supplicant
(hypernym) religionist, religious person
(hyponym) beadsman, bedesman
(derivation) pray
| Babylon English-Czech | Download this dictionary |
prayer
n.
modlitba; modlení
| Babylon English-Polish | Download this dictionary |
prayer
Rzecz.
modlitwa; pacierz
