prayer
A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
Example
“Through prayer I ask for God's guidance.”
Other meanings
An act of praying.
The specific words or methods used for praying.
“Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "prex" (precem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “prayer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.