Definition of prayer

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Prayer (n.) One who prays; a supplicant.

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Euchite :: Euchite (n.) One who resolves religion into prayer.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises..
Unprayable :: Unprayable (a.) Not to be influenced or moved by prayers; obdurate.
Confiteor :: Confiteor (n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.
Set :: Set (a.) Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer..
Postcomminion :: Postcomminion (n.) A prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions..
Devotion :: Devotion (n.) Act of devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer.
Form :: Form (n.) Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer..
Beadroll :: Beadroll (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general..
Bidding Prayer :: Bidding prayer () The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons..
Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
Petition :: Petition (n.) A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer..
Ejaculate :: Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer..
Dominical :: Dominical (n.) The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer..
Deprecate :: Deprecate (v. t.) To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly..
Benedictory :: Benedictory (a.) Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer..
Formulary :: Formulary (n.) A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaae, etc.; a book of precedents..
Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
Invoke :: Invoke (v. t.) To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing..
Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer..
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