prayer

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noun

1. the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) (Freq. 5)
- the priest sank to his knees in prayer
• Syn:
supplication
• Derivationally related forms:
pray
• Hypernyms:
worship
• Hyponyms:
devotion, blessing, benediction
2. reverent petition to a deity (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
petition, orison
• Derivationally related forms:
pray
• Hypernyms:
request, asking
• Hyponyms:
prayer wheel, benediction, blessing, collect, commination,
commination, grace, thanksgiving, intercession, invocation,
supplication, requiescat
3. earnest or urgent request (Freq. 2)
- an entreaty to stop the fighting
- an appeal for help
- an appeal to the public to keep calm
• Syn:
entreaty, appeal
• Derivationally related forms:
appeal (for: appeal)
• Hypernyms:
request, asking
• Hyponyms:
adjuration, demagoguery, demagogy, supplication, plea,
solicitation, suit, courtship, wooing, courting
4. a fixed text used in praying (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
pray
• Hypernyms:
sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
• Hyponyms:
Agnus Dei, Mass, Shema
• Instance Hyponyms:
Angelus, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Canticle of Simeon, Nunc dimittis,
Evening Prayer, evensong, Kol Nidre, Litany, Lord's Prayer
5. someone who prays to God
• Syn:
supplicant
• Derivationally related forms:
pray
• Hypernyms:
religious person
• Hyponyms:
beadsman, bedesman

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  supplicant, entreaty, appeal, petition, orison, supplication