prayer´less

prayer´less
prayer1 «prair», noun.
1. the act of praying: »

Prayer as communion with the deity is not characteristic of Japanese Buddhism (Atlantic).

2. the thing prayed for: »

Their prayer was for peace. Our prayers were granted.

3. a form of words to be used in praying: »

The Lord's Prayer begins, “Our Father, which art in heaven.” The farmers offered prayers for rain.

4. a form of worship; religious service consisting mainly of prayers: »

Prayer is one of the principal categories of worship (Melville J. Herskovits).

5. an earnest request: »

The flood victims broadcast a prayer for aid.

6. the part of a pleading in a court proceeding or in a petition to a public body that states the action or relief desired.
7. U.S. Slang. a chance: »

The other candidate didn't have a prayer (New Yorker).

╂[Middle English praiere < Old French preiere < Vulgar Latin precāria < Latin precārius (literally) things obtained by entreaty < precārī to pray, entreat]
–prayer´less, adjective.
pray|er2 «PRAY uhr», noun.
a person who prays.
╂[< pray + er1]

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