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Prayer Extra Examples I Day Noun Preə(R Prer

Word3 prayer
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /preə(r)/ /prer/
Example
  • to say your prayers
  • prayers for the sick
  • we offer our prayers for all those who have died in war.
  • he arrived at that very moment, as if in answer to her prayer.
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prayer

(noun)/preə(r)/ /prer/
  1. words that you say to God giving thanks or asking for help
    • to say your prayers
    • prayers for the sick
    • We offer our prayers for all those who have died in war.
    • He arrived at that very moment, as if in answer to her prayer.
    • Their prayers were answered and the child was found safe and well.
    • She stopped saying nightly prayers to God.

    Extra Examples

    • He gave a prayer of thanks to the troops.
    • He spoke a brief prayer over their meal.
    • I sent up a quick prayer and entered the interview room.
    • Let us remember them in our prayers today.
    • She uttered a silent prayer.
    • Thankfully, his prayers were granted.
    • Whenever I pass a temple, I mutter a quick prayer.
    • a prayer for peace
    • a prayer leader at the mosque
    • a multi-faith prayer room in the college
    • a Buddhist prayer hall
    • a Jewish prayer shawl
    • Tibetan monks use a prayer wheel.
    • He fiddled with his prayer beads.
    • Buddhist prayer flags fluttering in the breeze
  2. a fixed form of words that you can say when you speak to God
    • SEE ALSO Lord’s Prayer
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-lord-s-prayer
    • It was a prayer she had learnt as a child.

    Extra Examples

    • the five daily ritual prayers of Islam
    • Priests chanted prayers and read from sacred texts.
  3. the act or habit of praying
    • They knelt in prayer.
    • We believe in the power of prayer.
    • They held a prayer vigil throughout the night.
    • spiritual healing through prayer
    • a national day of prayer

    Extra Examples

    • He spends an hour each day at prayer.
    • Local groups meet for prayer.
    • She moved her lips in silent prayer.
    • the contentious issue of school prayer
  4. a religious meeting that takes place regularly in which people say prayers
  5. Extra Examples

    • Muslims attend Friday prayers at the mosque.
    • Students are required to attend prayers twice a week.
    • We had family prayers before breakfast.
  6. a thing that you hope for very much
    • My prayer is that one day he will walk again.
  7. with only a very slight chance of success
  8. Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French preiere, based on Latin precarius ‘obtained by entreaty’, from prex, prec- ‘prayer’.
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