Prayer
One who prays; a supplicant.
The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body.
The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer.
The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers.
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Prayer Quotations
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Mark Twain
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
Mahatma Gandhi
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
Mahatma Gandhi
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
Mahatma Gandhi
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
Voltaire
Prayer Translations
prayer in Afrikaans is gebed
prayer in Dutch is gebed
prayer in German is Gebet
prayer in Italian is preghiera
prayer in Latin is votum, prex precis
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