prayer

prayer

noun

Definition of PRAYER

1

an address to God or a deity <he always directed a bedside prayer to God before going to sleep>

Synonyms orison

Related Words collect, grace, invocation, litany, requiescat, thanksgiving; evensong, matins, vespers; appeal, begging, beseeching, entreaty, imploring, petition, pleading, request, soliciting, suit, supplication

2

an earnest request <we hope that the governor will hear our prayer and do something about this pressing problem>

Synonyms adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, petition, pleading, prayer, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplication

Related Words application, requisition; call, claim, demand, insistence