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prayer
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English preiere, from Anglo-Norman preiere, from Old French priere, proiere, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin prec?ria, feminine of Latin prec?rius (“obtained by entreaty”), from precor (“beg, entreat”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???(?)/
- (US) enPR: prâr, pr???r, IPA(key): /p???/, /?p?e???/, /?p???/
Noun
prayer (countable and uncountable, plural prayers)
- (uncountable) A practice of communicating with one's God.
- (countable) An act of praying.
- 2020 December, Dave Barry, "Year in review":
- 2020 December, Dave Barry, "Year in review":
- The specific words or methods used for praying.
- A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
- (countable) A request; a petition.
- (in the singular, mostly in negative constructions) The remotest hope or chance.
- That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship.
Synonyms
- orison, precation
- bead (archaic)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
pray +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?e??(?)/
- (US) enPR: pr???r, IPA(key): /?p?e???/
Noun
prayer (plural prayers)
- One who prays.
- 1974, Shel Silverstein, “Invitation”, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Harper Collins Publishers:
- If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar / A hope-er[sic], a pray-er[sic], a magic bean buyer…
- 2012, Paul O'Connor, Islam in Hong Kong: Muslims and Everyday Life in China's World City
- Out of the 37 respondents, seven are infrequent prayers who prefer to leave the precise details of their prayer life ambiguous.
- 1974, Shel Silverstein, “Invitation”, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Harper Collins Publishers:
Translations
prayer From the web:
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- what prayer time is it
- what prayer does
- what prayer can do
- what prayer to say when burning sage
- what prayers are said in the rosary
- what prayer is in a mezuzah
- what prayer is not
unpray
English
Etymology
From un- +? pray.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?p?e?/
Verb
unpray (third-person singular simple present unprays, present participle unpraying, simple past and past participle unprayed)
- To revoke or annul (something previously prayed for) by prayer.
- 1676, Matthew Hale, Contemplations, Moral and Divine
- the freeness and purity of his obedience carried him on to it , and made him , as it were , unpray what he had before prayed
- 1676, Matthew Hale, Contemplations, Moral and Divine
Anagrams
- pay run, payrun
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