prayer meeting

noun

: a usually informal gathering for worship and prayer

especially : a Protestant worship service usually held on a week night

called also prayer service

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

More than two dozen women, gathering for a weekly prayer meeting that predated the outbreak, sang Christian hymns in a hospital ward. —John Eligon, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Jan. 2023

More than two dozen women, gathering for a weekly prayer meeting that predated the outbreak, sang Christian hymns in a hospital ward. —John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023

The shooting, carried out as students gathered for a prayer meeting before school, ended when Carneal put down his weapon and the principal walked him to the school office. —Landon Mion, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2022

When 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on his fellow students during a morning prayer meeting in 1997, school shootings were not yet a part of the national consciousness. —From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2022

Carneal killed three Heath High School students and injured five others in the shooting near Paducah, Kentucky, in December 1997 during a before-school prayer meeting. —Landon Mion, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2022

On March 1, three days after Russian troops took control, a few hundred people gathered in a central square for a prayer meeting. —James Marson, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022

Toward the end of the online prayer meeting in September, Monster lamented the enormous amount of misinformation online. —Rob Kuznia, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021

The event, billed as a rally and prayer meeting, is scheduled to coincide with a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting at the nearby Marriott Baltimore Waterfront on Nov. 16. —Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 3 Nov. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1721, in the meaning defined above