prayers
plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
An inflected form of prayer · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,501 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,804 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) also: supplication the priest sank to his knees in prayer
- reverent petition to a deity also: petition, orison
- earnest or urgent request also: entreaty, appeal an entreaty to stop the fightingan appeal for help
- a fixed text used in praying
- someone who prays to God also: supplicant
prayers in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He had never been taught to say his prayers.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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The prayers of the blinded Cyclops were heard and fulfilled by Poseidon.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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So engrossed was he that he scarcely heard the Head Master's opening prayers.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Mux, knowing that all conversation was irrevocably closed after his prayers were said, would try every night to prolong this period.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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By our holy vow, By our prayers and many tears, By the mercy that endears, Spare him! he our love hath shared!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1