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prayer

n.

An earnest request
entreaty, request, intercession, thanksgiving, praise, petition; see also appeal 1.
An address to the deity
orison, invocation, act of devotion, supplication, devotions, benediction, litany, rogation, brocho, berakah (Hebrew).
Prayers, sense 2, include: Lord's Prayer, Pater Noster, Our Father, Hail Mary, Doxology, the Jesus prayer, Trisagion, Glory Be, Ave Maria, grace at meals, Kiddush, Kaddish, shma Yisroel, amidah (all Hebrew); matins, vespers, Angelus, MiserÃ¨re, Kyrie eleison, Te Deum, collects, hours, rosary, novena, devotions, stations of the cross, evensong, compline.

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Another word for prayer

noun

The act of praying:
invocation, supplication. See religion
A formula of words used in praying:
collect², litany, orison, rogation (often used in plural). See religion
An earnest or urgent request:
appeal, entreaty, imploration, plea, supplication. See ask
(Law)
An application to a higher authority, as for sanction or a decision:
appeal, petition. See ask, law