PRAYER

[noun] [C]A prayer is the words that someone says or thinks when they are praying.These prayers have been written specially for people suffering from cancer. She always says her prayers (= prays) before she goes to sleep.When I was at school we had prayers every morning.We thought he had been killed in the war, but our prayers were answered when he arrived home unexpectedly.She carries a prayer book with her wherever she goes.Prayer is also the act or ceremony in which someone prays.I found her kneeling in prayer at the back of the church.The prisoners find their only solace in prayer.(informal) Someone who hasn't a prayer of doing something has very little chance of doing it.She hasn't a prayer of winning the competition.A prayer mat/rug is a small piece of thick cloth on which a Muslim goes down on his knees and bends his body down to the ground when praying.