n. the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
n. reverent petition to a deity
n. a fixed text used in praying
n. someone who prays to God
词态变化
复数形式:prayers
常见例句
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Purification by washing the hands before prayer
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It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope. A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."
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a prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation
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A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet
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A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England
