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prayer   (TTS Sound)

The noun prayer has 5 senses

• prayer, supplication -- (the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer")


• prayer, petition, orison -- (reverent petition to a deity)


• entreaty, prayer, appeal -- (earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm")


• prayer -- (a fixed text used in praying)


• prayer, supplicant -- (someone who prays to God)