prayers

nounpleading, especially with a deity;

Synonyms for prayers

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Antonyms for prayers

rosary

noun. beads

Word Origin & History

c.1300, from Old French prier "prayer, petition, request" (12c., Modern French prière), from Medieval Latin precaria "petition, prayer," noun use of Latin adjective precaria, fem. of precarius "obtained by prayer, given as a favor," from precari "to ask, beg, pray" (see pray). Related: Prayers.

Prayer-book attested from 1590s; prayer-meeting from 1780. To not have a prayer "have no chance" is from 1941.

Example Sentences forprayers

In performing the duties of my office, I need the help and prayers of every one of you.

Prayers were read to the men, and the cattle and party rested.

Her prayers were not so fervent, her aspirations not so strong.

Carlotta Harrison pleaded a headache, and was excused from the operating-room and from prayers.

The night nurses had taken up their stations; prayers were over.

In the nurses' parlor, a few feet down the corridor, the nurses were at prayers.

Then there was the ceremony of the Corn to learn, the prayers and the dances.

They thought their own prayers as good as any that were taught them.

We should give thanks at every meal, and in all our prayers.

"Your prayers will be in vain," replied he, with a smile of cold triumph.

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More words related to prayers

prayer book

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