- week of prayer
- : a week beginning with the first Sunday in January each year instituted in 1846 by the Evangelical Alliance and observed by various Protestants throughout the world
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity — Christian crosses at a joint service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an international Christian ecumenical observance kept annually between 18 January and 25 January. It is actually an octave … Wikipedia
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Prayer — • The raising of the heart and mind to God Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. prayer Prayer † … Catholic encyclopedia
Prayer for the dead — Wherever there is a belief in the continued existence of man s personality through and after death, religion naturally concerns itself with the relations between the living and the dead. And where the idea of a future judgment or of purgatory… … Wikipedia
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prayer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, quick, short ▪ She whispered a little prayer. ▪ private, quiet, silent ▪ S … Collocations dictionary
prayer meeting — noun a service at which people sing hymns and pray together (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑prayer service • Hypernyms: ↑service, ↑religious service, ↑divine service * * * noun or … Useful english dictionary
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Prayer of a Common Man — Infobox Album Name = Prayer of a Common Man Type = studio Artist = Phil Vassar Released = start date|2008|4|22 Recorded = Genre = Country Length = 43:30 Label = Universal South Producer = Phil Vassar Mark Wright Reviews = * Allmusic rating|2.5|5… … Wikipedia
prayer meeting — noun Date: 1780 a usually informal gathering for worship and prayer; especially a Protestant worship service usually held on a week night called also prayer service … New Collegiate Dictionary