prière

Definitions of prière
  1. noun
    reverent petition to a deity
    synonyms: requête
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    types:
    bénédiction
    a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
    bénédicité, grâces
    a short prayer of thanks before a meal
    type of:
    requête
    the verbal act of requesting
  2. noun
    the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
    synonyms: supplication
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    types:
    bénédiction, consécration, sacrement
    the act of praying for divine protection
    type of:
    adoration, vénération
    the activity of worshipping
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