n. 25B6; noun
the priest's murmured prayers : INVOCATION, intercession, devotion; archaic orison.
a quick prayer that she wouldn't bump into him : APPEAL, plea, entreaty, petition, supplication, invocation; rare obsecration.
25A0; not have a prayer (informal) HAVE NO HOPE, have/stand no chance, not have/stand (the ghost of) a chance; informal not have a hope in hell, not have/stand an earthly; Austral./NZ informal not have Buckley's (chance).