prayer
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(noun) the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) |
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Synonyms: supplication |
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Related Words: Agnus Dei, benediction, blessing, devotion, worship |
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(noun) a fixed text used in praying |
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Related Words: Angelus, Ave Maria, Canticle of Simeon, Evening Prayer, Hail Mary, Kol Nidre, Litany, Lord's Prayer, Nunc dimittis, evensong, religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing |
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(noun) reverent petition to a deity |
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Synonyms: communion, orison, petition |
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Related Words: asking, benediction, blessing, collect, commination, grace, intercession, invocation, request, requiescat, supplication, thanksgiving |
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(noun) someone who prays to God |
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Synonyms: supplicant |
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Related Words: beadsman, bedesman, religionist, religious person |
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(noun) earnest or urgent request |
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Synonyms: appeal, entreaty |
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Related Words: asking, courting, courtship, demagoguery, demagogy, plea, request, solicitation, suing, suit, supplication, wooing |
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