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Added 9 October 2026

prayer

/pɹɛə/ noun

In Latin: prex, precatio Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about prayer at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
Through prayer I ask for God's guidance.
An act of praying.
The specific words or methods used for praying.
Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.

noun

One who prays.

Origin

From Middle English preiere, from Old French preiere, from Early Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem. Displaced native Old English ġebed (whence modern English bead).

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