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prayer
Synonyms and Antonyms 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, plea, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplicationRelated Words application, requisition; call, claim, demand, insistence
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