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prayer

Main Entry:: ¹prayer
Pronunciation:: \ˈprer\
Function:: noun
Usage:: often attributive
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French priere, praiere, preiere, from Medieval Latin precaria, from Latin, feminine of precarius obtained by entreaty, from prec-, prex
Date:: 14th century

1 a (1): an address (as a petition) to God or a god in word or thought <said a prayer for the success of the voyage> (2): a set order of words used in praying b: an earnest request or wish2: the act or practice of praying to God or a god <kneeling in prayer>3: a religious service consisting chiefly of prayers —often used in plural4: something prayed for5: a slight chance <haven't got a prayer>

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