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prayer

Definition for prayer

noun as in pleading, especially with a deity;

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Mayor Johnson said in a statement that the attack "was a tragic incident, and the Mayor's prayers are with the victim and her family."

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McAleese carries holy water and offers to pray with any one who seeks prayer.

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They stayed home—it was illegal to work on Thanksgiving—and went to church, where their prayers of gratitude presumably didn’t extend to the royal governor.

The manager flipped on the vacuum and said a prayer.

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One can appreciate the contrast between the serenity of the brothers at the stake, heads raised in prayer, and the frantic, distressed attempts by the surrounding figures to evade the flames.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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