PRAYER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
   Synonym(s)
   • supplication (what does supplication mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the priest sank to his knees in prayer
   Hypernyms(s) prayer is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • worship (what does worship mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • devotion (what does devotion mean?)
   • blessing (what does blessing mean?)
   • benediction (what does benediction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pray (what does pray mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a fixed text used in praying
   Hypernyms(s) prayer is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sacred text (what does sacred text mean?)
   • sacred writing (what does sacred writing mean?)
   • religious writing (what does religious writing mean?)
   • religious text (what does religious text mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Agnus Dei (what does Agnus Dei mean?)
   • Angelus (what does Angelus mean?)
   • Ave Maria (what does Ave Maria mean?)
   • Hail Mary (what does Hail Mary mean?)
   • Canticle of Simeon (what does Canticle of Simeon mean?)
   • Nunc dimittis (what does Nunc dimittis mean?)
   • Evening Prayer (what does Evening Prayer mean?)
   • evensong (what does evensong mean?)
   • Kol Nidre (what does Kol Nidre mean?)
   • Litany (what does Litany mean?)
   • Lord’s Prayer (what does Lord’s Prayer mean?)
   • Mass (what does Mass mean?)
   • Shema (what does Shema mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pray (what does pray mean?)
3. Meaning
   • earnest or urgent request
   Synonym(s)
   • appeal (what does appeal mean?)
   • entreaty (what does entreaty mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an entreaty to stop the fighting
   • an appeal for help
   • an appeal to the public to keep calm
   Hypernyms(s) prayer is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • request (what does request mean?)
   • asking (what does asking mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • adjuration (what does adjuration mean?)
   • demagoguery (what does demagoguery mean?)
   • demagogy (what does demagogy mean?)
   • supplication (what does supplication mean?)
   • plea (what does plea mean?)
   • solicitation (what does solicitation mean?)
   • suit (what does suit mean?)
   • courtship (what does courtship mean?)
   • wooing (what does wooing mean?)
   • courting (what does courting mean?)
   • suit (what does suit mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • appeal (what does appeal mean?)
   • invoke (what does invoke mean?)
4. Meaning
   • reverent petition to a deity
   Synonym(s)
   • orison (what does orison mean?)
   • petition (what does petition mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) prayer is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • request (what does request mean?)
   • asking (what does asking mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • prayer wheel (what does prayer wheel mean?)
   • benediction (what does benediction mean?)
   • blessing (what does blessing mean?)
   • collect (what does collect mean?)
   • commination (what does commination mean?)
   • deprecation (what does deprecation mean?)
   • grace (what does grace mean?)
   • blessing (what does blessing mean?)
   • thanksgiving (what does thanksgiving mean?)
   • intercession (what does intercession mean?)
   • invocation (what does invocation mean?)
   • supplication (what does supplication mean?)
   • requiescat (what does requiescat mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pray (what does pray mean?)
5. Meaning
   • someone who prays to God
   Synonym(s)
   • supplicant (what does supplicant mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) prayer is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • religionist (what does religionist mean?)
   • religious person (what does religious person mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • beadsman (what does beadsman mean?)
   • bedesman (what does bedesman mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pray (what does pray mean?)