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noun

Prayer n.

The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body. "Their meek preyere."

The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer. "As he is famed for mildness, peace, and prayer."

The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers. "He made those excellent prayers which were published immediately after his death."

Prayer book, a book containing devotional prayers.

Prayer meeting, a meeting or gathering for prayer to God.

Synonyms: Petition; orison; supplication; entreaty; suit.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... lawyer continued sententiously, "we have had all sorts and conditions of men, as the Prayer Book says; and the result has not always been satisfactory—not always satisfactory. But ...

— Hepsey Burke • Frank Noyes Westcott

... that Mr. Hazlitt's positive Unitarianism made it impossible for him to settle over any church in Boston or its neighborhood. In 1784 he assisted Dr. Freeman in revising the Prayer Book, the form of prayer used by Dr. Lindsey[46] in the Essex Street Chapel in London being adapted to the new conditions at King's Chapel. He also republished in Philadelphia and Boston many of Dr. Priestley's Unitarian tracts, while writing much himself for publication.[47] ...

— Unitarianism in America • George Willis Cooke

... of the court of the Htel de Ville is a statue of Mirabeau, and on the staircase a white marble statue of Marshal Villars, by Coustou. In the Htel de Ville is also the public library with 100,000 vols. Among the MSS. is the prayer book of King Ren, with illustrations said to have been done by himself. No. 569 is a small 4to volume, with copies of letters written by Queen Mary Stuart. The first 57 pages relate to her early history. At page 645 commences a defence of her conduct, ...

— The South of France--East Half • Charles Bertram Black

... Ludolph," said Dennis, very gently, "there can be no visible remains. The words of the Prayer Book are literally true in this case—'Ashes to ashes.' But I can take you to the spot, and it is natural that you should wish to go. Are ...

— Barriers Burned Away • E. P. Roe

... [Footnote 6: The Prayer Book recently issued by Mr. Frowde at the Clarendon Press weighs, bound in morocco, less than an once and a quarter. I see it stated that unbound it weighs three-quarters of an ounce. Pickering's Cattullus, ...

— On Books and the Housing of Them • William Ewart Gladstone

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