prayer

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; prayer wheel
a cylinder with prayers written on it; each revolution counts as uttering the prayers; used especially by Buddhists in Tibet; benediction, blessing
a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection; collect
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England; commination
prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday; deprecation
a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster; blessing, grace, thanksgiving
a short prayer of thanks before a meal; intercession
a prayer to God on behalf of another person; invocation, supplication
a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service; requiescat
a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person; benison
a spoken blessing; rogation
a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; adjuration
a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something; demagoguery, demagogy
impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace; plea, supplication
a humble request for help from someone in authority; solicitation
an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; suit
a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank; courting, courtship, suit, wooing
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); flag waving, jingoism
an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions; beggary, begging, mendicancy
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person); touch
the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan); importunity, urgency, urging
insistent solicitation and entreaty; bundling
a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing

“the priest sank to his knees in prayer”

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; devotion
(usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently); benediction, blessing
the act of praying for divine protection; bhakti
(Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex; novena
a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days; Stations, Stations of the Cross
(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary

Examples:: show 7 examples...; hide 7 examples...; Angelus
a prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation; Ave Maria
a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her; Canticle of Simeon
the prayer of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32); Evening Prayer
(Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer; Kol Nidre
the opening prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur; Litany
a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation; Lord's Prayer
the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13)

Types:: Agnus Dei
a liturgical prayer beginning with these Latin words; Mass
a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; Shema
a liturgical prayer (considered to be the essence of Jewish religion) that is recited at least twice daily by adult Jewish males to declare their faith

Type of:: religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing
writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity

Types:: beadsman, bedesman
a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another

DEFINITIONS OF: prayer