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prayer

[prair] / prɛər /


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Students start the day with prayer and learn the laws of daily Jewish life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

They had the cadence of a catechism, and evolved into a set of rules recited like a prayer by Yamel, her brother and their aunt around the kitchen table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

A prayer and moment of silence will take place and a male voice choir formed after the disaster is set to perform.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Orthodox liturgy of St. John Chrysostom invokes Christ’s prayer when we ask for the “union of all.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The specifics of the prayer were always different, for Father—who loved science—was an avid reader of a dozen university journals.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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