English dictionary
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English noun: prayer | |||
| 1. | prayer (act) the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) | ||
| Samples | The priest sank to his knees in prayer. | ||
| Synonyms | supplication | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | worship | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | benediction, blessing, devotion | ||
| 2. | prayer (communication) reverent petition to a deity | ||
| Synonyms | orison, petition | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | asking, request | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | benediction, blessing, blessing, collect, commination, deprecation, grace, intercession, invocation, prayer wheel, requiescat, supplication, thanksgiving | ||
| 3. | prayer (communication) earnest or urgent request | ||
| Samples | An entreaty to stop the fighting. An appeal for help. An appeal to the public to keep calm. | ||
| Synonyms | appeal, entreaty | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | asking, request | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adjuration, courting, courtship, demagoguery, demagogy, plea, solicitation, suit, suit, supplication, wooing | ||
| 4. | prayer (communication) a fixed text used in praying | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Agnus Dei, Mass, Shema | ||
| Instance hyponym | Angelus, Ave Maria, Canticle of Simeon, Evening Prayer, evensong, Hail Mary, Kol Nidre, Litany, Lord's Prayer, Nunc dimittis | ||
| 5. | prayer (person) someone who prays to God | ||
| Synonyms | supplicant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | religious person | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beadsman, bedesman | ||
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