Meaning & use
prayer
A solemn request, expression of thanks, or thought addressed to a god or other object of worship.
See it in a sentence
The whole village gathered for a prayer of thanks after the long drought finally ended.
She whispered a quiet prayer before stepping into the operating room.
A note on using this word
Prayer can describe a formal, memorized text or a personal, spontaneous appeal, and is used across many different religious traditions.
Words with a similar meaning
supplicationinvocation
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