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Synonyms for prayers

Grammar : Noun
Spell : prair
Phonetic Transcription : prɛər

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Définition of prayers

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French prier "prayer, petition, request" (12c., Modern French prière), from Medieval Latin precaria "petition, prayer," noun use of Latin adjective precaria, fem. of precarius "obtained by prayer, given as a favor," from precari "to ask, beg, pray" (see pray). Related: Prayers.
  • Prayer-book attested from 1590s; prayer-meeting from 1780. To not have a prayer "have no chance" is from 1941.
  • noun pleading, especially with a deity;
Example sentences :
  • In performing the duties of my office, I need the help and prayers of every one of you.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Prayers were read to the men, and the cattle and party rested.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • Her prayers were not so fervent, her aspirations not so strong.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Carlotta Harrison pleaded a headache, and was excused from the operating-room and from prayers.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The night nurses had taken up their stations; prayers were over.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • In the nurses' parlor, a few feet down the corridor, the nurses were at prayers.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Then there was the ceremony of the Corn to learn, the prayers and the dances.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • They thought their own prayers as good as any that were taught them.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • We should give thanks at every meal, and in all our prayers.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • "Your prayers will be in vain," replied he, with a smile of cold triumph.
  • Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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