Main entry: prayer, supplication
Definition: the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
Usage: the priest sank to his knees in prayer
Main entry: prayer
Definition: a fixed text used in praying
Main entry: appeal, entreaty, prayer
Definition: earnest or urgent request
Usage: an entreaty to stop the fighting; an appeal for help; an appeal to the public to keep calm
Main entry: prayer, petition, orison
Definition: reverent petition to a deity
Main entry: prayer, supplicant
Definition: someone who prays to God