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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishpreiere, fromOld Frenchpreiere, fromEarly Medieval Latinprecāria, derived fromLatinprecem. Displaced nativeOld Englishġebed (whence modernEnglishbead).

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Noun

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prayer (countable anduncountable,pluralprayers)

  1. (uncountable) A practice ofcommunicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
    Throughprayer I ask for God's guidance.
    In many cultures,prayer involves singing.
  2. (countable) An act ofpraying.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,[…], down the nave to the western door.[…] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the lastprayer.
    • 2020 December,Dave Barry,Year in review:
      In that spirit, we’ll close with the wish we always offer at the end of our annual review, although this time it’s more of aprayer: Happy new year.
  3. The specific words or methods used forpraying.
    For Baha'is, there's a difference between obligatoryprayers and devotionalprayers.
  4. Ameeting held for the express purpose ofpraying.
    Grandpa never misses a chance to go toprayer.
  5. (countable) A request; apetition.
    This, your honor, is myprayer; that all here be set free.
  6. (in thesingular, mostly in negative constructions) The remotest hope or chance.
    That team doesn't have aprayer of winning the championship.
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Translations
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practice of communicating with one's God
the act of praying
the specific words or methods used for praying
a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
a request; a petition
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Etymology 2

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    pray +‎-er.

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    prayer (pluralprayers)

    1. One whoprays.
      • 1974,Shel Silverstein, “Invitation”, inWhere the Sidewalk Ends, Harper Collins Publishers:
        If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar / A hope-er[sic], apray-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 infrequentprayers who prefer to leave the precise details of their prayer life ambiguous.
    Translations
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    one who prays
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