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The Meaning of prayer
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(n.) One who prays; a supplicant.
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(v. i.) The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body.
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(v. i.) The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer.
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(v. i.) The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers.
Synonyms
supplication
,
petition
,
orison
,
entreaty
,
appeal
,
supplicant
Rhymes
abair
,
adair
,
adaire
,
addair
,
aer
,
affair
,
air
,
alair
,
alastair
,
allaire
,
almaguer
,
altair
,
anywhere
,
armchair
,
assayer
,
astaire
,
aware
,
ayer
,
ayre
,
baehr
,
baer
,
bahr
,
baier
,
bair
,
bakeware
,
ballplayer
,
bancaire
,
bare
,
bayar
,
bayer
,
bear
,
beaufrere
,
behr
,
belair
,
belaire
,
bellemare
,
beware
,
beyer
,
bezaire
,
billionaire
,
blair
,
blare
,
brayer
,
breyer
,
bricklayer
,
canadair
,
care
,
cayer
,
chair
,
cher
,
childcare
,
clair
,
claire
,
clare
,
comair
,
compare
,
concessionaire
,
convair
,
conveyer
,
conveyor
,
cookware
,
corriere
,
dare
,
darr
,
daycare
,
debonair
,
declare
,
delair
,
delaware
,
derr
,
despair
,
dinnerware
,
disrepair
,
doctrinaire
,
doomsayer
,
drayer
,
dreher
,
earthenware
,
elsewhere
,
ensnare
,
ere
,
err
,
euromobiliare
,
everywhere
,
extraordinaire
,
eyre
,
fair
,
faire
,
fanfare
,
fare
,
fehr
,
ferre
,
flair
,
flare
,
flatware
,
footware
,
footwear
,
forebear
,
forswear
,
foursquare
,
fraire
,
freier
,
frere
,
freyer
,
freyre
,
frontiere
,
gaier
,
gare
,
gayer
,
gehr
,
geniere
,
geyer
,
gisclair
,
glare
,
glassware
,
glenayre
,
grayer
,
groupware
,
guerre
,
hair
,
haire
,
hairr
,
hardware
,
hare
,
hayer
,
healthcare
,
hehr
,
heir
,
herr
,
herre
,
heyer
,
icelandair
,
impair
,
javier
,
jeanpierre
,
kahre
,
kehr
,
khmer
,
kitchenware
,
klare
,
knerr
,
knitwear
,
kreher
,
lair
,
lare
,
larosiere
,
laterriere
,
laware
,
layer
,
leclaire
,
lefrere
,
legionnaire
,
lehr
,
lemaire
,
longhair
,
macnair
,
maier
,
mair
,
mare
,
mayer
,
mayfair
,
mayher
,
mayor
,
mcbrayer
,
mcnair
,
medicare
,
mehr
,
mer
,
midair
,
millionaire
,
mohair
,
montclair
,
multilayer
,
multimillionaire
,
nair
,
nationair
,
naysayer
,
neckwear
,
neher
,
neumayer
,
neyer
,
nightmare
,
nowhere
,
ohare
,
opere
,
outerwear
,
pair
,
pare
,
payer
,
pear
,
pentair
,
pershare
,
phair
,
pierre
,
plair
,
player
,
praxair
,
prepare
,
questionnaire
,
rare
,
ratepayer
,
reher
,
repair
,
reyer
,
sare
,
sayer
,
sayre
,
scare
,
schehr
,
scherr
,
schleyer
,
sehr
,
serr
,
seyer
,
shaer
,
share
,
silverware
,
sinclair
,
slayer
,
sleepwear
,
snare
,
software
,
solitaire
,
somewhere
,
soothsayer
,
spare
,
speyer
,
sportswear
,
sprayer
,
square
,
stair
,
stare
,
stehr
,
sterr
,
stoneware
,
strayer
,
surveyor
,
swear
,
swimwear
,
swissair
,
tableware
,
taher
,
takecare
,
taxpayer
,
tear
,
terre
,
thayer
,
their
,
there
,
thoroughfare
,
threadbare
,
traer
,
trayer
,
unaware
,
underwear
,
unfair
,
usair
,
voltaire
,
ware
,
warfare
,
wear
,
wehr
,
weier
,
welfare
,
werre
,
westair
,
weyer
,
wheelchair
,
where
,
whitehair
,
zaher
,
zehr