1. The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
   "the priest sank to his knees in prayer";
   - supplication
    
2. Reverent petition to a deity
   "The monk spent hours in prayer, seeking divine guidance";
   - petition, orison [archaic]
    
3. Earnest or urgent request
   "Her prayer for assistance was answered quickly";
   - entreaty, appeal, suppliance
    
4. A fixed text used in praying
   "The congregation recited the Lord's Prayer in unison"
    
5. Someone who prays to God
   "The prayer knelt at the altar, seeking divine guidance";
   - supplicant

Derived forms: prayers

Type of: asking, religious person, religious text, religious writing, request, sacred text, sacred writing, worship

Encyclopedia: Prayer, the Lord's