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Noun prayer has 5 senses
- prayer, supplication - the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer"
--1 is a kind of worship
--1 has particulars: devotion; blessing, benediction
- prayer, petition, orison - reverent petition to a deity
--2 is a kind of request, asking
--2 has particulars:
- entreaty, prayer, appeal - earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
--3 is a kind of request, asking
--3 has particulars:
- prayer - a fixed text used in praying
--4 is a kind of sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
--4 has particulars:
- prayer, supplicant - someone who prays to God
--5 is a kind of religionist, religious person
--5 has particulars: beadsman, bedesman
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