PRAYER


Meaning of PRAYER in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Lord's Prayer

Morning Prayer

prayer book

prayer mat

prayer wheel

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

daily

His daily prayer was that he would be allowed to stay here.

Please know that you are daily in my prayers .

Otherwise why do the five daily prayers bear the names of the positions of the sun in the sky?

eucharistic

It never, however, approved the celebration of the Mass wholly in the vernacular, Eucharistic prayer and all.

As a consequence of this fact it is possible to delineate the proper role of the congregation in the eucharistic prayer .

However, as we have seen, the Sanctus is likewise a part of the eucharistic prayer .

Her task was to write a meditation on one of the Eucharistic prayers the priest recites at Mass.

As is evident from an examination of other rites, there are also other possibilities for congregational involvement in the eucharistic prayer .

silent

For an hour the two women sat in silent prayer , nervously scanning the other customers.

As taps played across the land, Oliver Stone must have bowed his head in silent prayer .

His lips moved in silent prayer .

He paused for a moment, his head bowed in silent prayer .

Half an hour - at least: songs, prayers , loud prayers, silent prayers.

Being silent in prayer is another dimension of being quiet with the other person.

Half of his mind was saying silent prayers .

She lit a candle over there as a silent prayer for her estranged husband and went home.

special

Traditionally, these days were set apart for special prayer and fasting.

For the end of her litany, Dalim reserved a very special prayer , one that she herself composed.

Meanwhile, the Sisters started special prayers .

Richard Baxter arranged a day of special prayer and fasting for her deliverance on New Year's Eve 1659.

■ NOUN

book

At her girdle hung a gold chain and cross, and she carried a handkerchief and a little prayer book bound in gold.

A congregation in Tampa sent over some prayer books , while Unity of Leesburg donated a pulpit.

When he reached his church, he missed the prayer book , and hurried back.

Naturally the overseas extensions of the Anglican way of life were interested to revise their own prayer books .

The vicar paced behind, holding his prayer book , his hair floating up and down in the draught from the door.

She even carried her own prayer book .

books

The care with which Christians had treasured their Bibles, prayer books and hymn books was very touching.

A congregation in Tampa sent over some prayer books , while Unity of Leesburg donated a pulpit.

Naturally the overseas extensions of the Anglican way of life were interested to revise their own prayer books .

evening

Madani and Belhadj, citing this concession, asked their followers at evening prayers in Algiers to end the strike.

By the time dinner has been eaten and evening prayers conducted it is eight o'clock and about a hundred people have gathered.

A kind of swooning, An evening prayer .

He thought he might because evening prayer on Good Friday was in a way a funeral service.

The Moors wept at leaving Granada and still mourn its loss in their evening prayers .

The senior Sharifi led evening prayers and, after a meal, they began the proceedings.

After evening prayers something happened to arouse her fears further.

mat

Coffee thermoses, incense pots, boxes of fruit, trays to serve it on, suitcases, prayer mats .

meeting

The prayer meetings were then held in the Methodist and Presbyterian churches.

Their weeks are filled with convivial church suppers, musically upbeat prayer meetings , and jubilant testimony services.

Christians had been compelled to give up meetings for corporate worship, but still kept up small prayer meetings in houses.

I went to the early morning prayer meeting with Mum.

It is reckoned that on one occasion 15000 people attended a prayer meeting in Armagh.

Friday the choir practice and on Saturday a prayer meeting for the services on Sunday.

Yet prayer meetings for the renewal of the church and for revival in the nation are not an automatic answer to decline.

One learns to grow suspicious of cosy, predictable and sentimental prayer meetings .

morning

I went to the early morning prayer meeting with Mum.

At five, just before he was to get up for morning prayer and study; the wind began.

He could never be happy with morning prayer and not the sacrament as the chief morning service.

Cold silence for his morning prayer .

After breakfast and morning prayers , John left to dig peats on the muir to the east of his home.

Decorations for bravery won by past pupils were announced at morning prayers , and invariably earned the boys a half-holiday.

rug

This is essential with prayer rugs and pictorial carpets, which lose much of their impact if viewed upside-down.

We travel the world with our gym bags and prayer rugs , unrolling them in the transit lounges.

school

Christians have hauled the Republican Party towards their views on abortion and school prayer .

For a few, they include positions on such hot-button issues as abortion, gay rights, and school prayer .

They led the fight against school prayer , year after year.

These issues include abortion, the balanced federal budget, school prayer , and even flag burning.

service

Organise a prayer service and/or information event for your parish or deanery.

More than 500 students packed the Immaculate Conceptcion Chapel for a 50-minute campus-wide prayer service Thursday evening.

■ VERB

answer

Both play a very clever trick which will answer the prayers of video users all round the world.

I thought I could bestow beauty like a benediction and that your half-dark flesh would answer to the prayer .

A very last thought is that we must do everything possible to answer our own prayers .

call

I sat watching as the sun reached its zenith and the muezzin began to call the people to prayers .

He also called for prayers for both victims and perpetrators of violence.

From the top of one these, a muezzin calls the faithful to prayer .

Teddy Although the authors call them letters they are in fact a form of communication we call prayer .

hear

Lord in your mercy - hear our prayer .

Had anyone ever heard of a prayer like that?

Lord, in Your mercy Hear our prayer .

For our daily bread accept our praise and hear our prayer .

Heavenly Father has heard our prayers .

She heard Anna's prayers , tucked her into bed and kissed her goodnight before going to Mrs Carson.

The Lord heard their prayers and restored him.

hold

We need to see the comfort a confused old person derives from holding a prayer book or rosary.

Kind Mrs Chalmers holds the prayer book high, as if for Frank - who can't read - to see it.

Buddhist monks dressed in ochre robes lit traditional butter lamps and held a six-hour prayer vigil at a Himalayan monastery in Sikkim.

The vicar paced behind, holding his prayer book, his hair floating up and down in the draught from the door.

In the front room she started to hold prayer meetings that were almost like seances.

join

He joined the church's prayer for boldness to do exactly what he had been told by the authorities not to do.

She joined a prayer group that met weekly to read and reflect on the Scriptures.

At the graveside, Jules and Marie were joining the priest in prayer .

The Catholic hierarchy was joined at the prayer vigil by the Rev.

We join in prayers for peace with kin beyond sea.

kneel

You are here to kneel Where prayer has been valid.

His sweatshirt hood, steeply pitched overhead: a lone monk kneeling at prayer at a partially disinterred altar.

Many of the godly liked to portray themselves and their families kneeling in prayer on their tombs.

Kopyion was kneeling as if in prayer .

lead

He might simply be a small-time official who leads the prayers in the neighborhood mosque.

An introductory note says that she used to read prayers very slowly with frequent pauses, which led almost instantaneously to prayer.

In the beginning the two functions were linked; the caliph necessarily had to lead the prayers .

The senior Sharifi led evening prayers and, after a meal, they began the proceedings.

offer

Each morning the strike council opened business by some one offering a prayer .

She offered ardent prayers to them perpetually, but not one of them would do anything to make Venus their enemy.

Perhaps you would like to help; please do not feel maudlin or offer a vicarious prayer .

So in offering prayers for downtrodden races, I would advise you not to overlook the downtrodden tourist.

Miles offered up a silent prayer as he walked.

She would offer up a silent prayer .

After offering a prayer , the virgin expired.

pray

Gildas believed in something sacred and holy, and Ludens felt sure that Gildas prayed , whatever prayer was.

That was a real two-for-one deal, Father, because I prayed that prayer with you.

As we pray this prayer we join with those generous young men as they set out on their missionary journeys.

I think you should pray some other prayer .

I would not pray that prayer if I was going to continue to hold something against some one.

Carla prayed without prayer that this interview would stop now.

read

He read the opening prayers from the platform and spoke impressively to the undergraduates about their attitudes to the mission.

When it came, he brought the crosier back to his side and began to read the prayers from the book.

An introductory note says that she used to read prayers very slowly with frequent pauses, which led almost instantaneously to prayer.

A priest came forward and opened the book from which Hughes was to read the prayers .

This also comes into being as we couple reading the Bible with prayer .

On this occasion she did not preach, but simply read the prayers of petition.

recite

One recollection of Leonard's concerns his reciting a prayer at Synagogue, which he got wrong.

The rabbi bowed as low as if he were reciting the Modim Anakhnu prayer in the synagogue.

He can even recite a prayer in the language of the Sioux, albeit with a Wiltshire accent.

All over the city, all over Ireland, now, people would be pausing to recite a prayer .

said

He said a small prayer and stepped out into the muddy, windy darkness.

He told them to kneel, and said a prayer over them.

Her kneeling the whole time, clutching a rosary as she said her prayers .

I patted Kibbles a couple of times, said a little prayer and went back into our house.

Finally, after the evening biscuit and drink of water, we said prayers and went to bed.

Fong knelt in the darkness of the back room and said a prayer .

A priest and the hospital chaplain said prayers and blessed the ward.

He planted a dead vine branch, then said a prayer for an early harvest.

say

Pull your belly in, you tart and get useful. Say a prayer for Lee.

Finally he agreed to give her fifteen minutes to say her prayers .

He said a small prayer and stepped out into the muddy, windy darkness.

He told them to kneel, and said a prayer over them.

Finally, after the evening biscuit and drink of water, we said prayers and went to bed.

In unison, we all began saying different prayers aloud.

Perhaps you'd better get Fiddy to say some prayers for me.

Fong knelt in the darkness of the back room and said a prayer .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

offer (up) a prayer/sacrifice etc

After offering a prayer, the virgin expired.

Can you find somewhere to offer up a prayer? 36.

Each morning the strike council opened business by some one offering a prayer.

So in offering prayers for downtrodden races, I would advise you not to overlook the downtrodden tourist.

They found him and his sons on the shore offering a sacrifice to Poseidon.

on a wing and a prayer

the Lord's Prayer

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a prayer meeting

His constant prayer was for an end to the war.

Our prayers for peace have been answered.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hinson family.

She knelt to say a prayer of profound thankfulness.

The monks here believe strongly in the power of prayer and meditation.

The synagogue is used for prayer and study.

Their heads were bowed in prayer .

We always used to say our prayers before going to bed.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

From within the house came the mutterings of prayers, accompanied by the tinkling of gamelan instruments.

In this paper we have stayed close to the pattern presented in the tradition and in official contemporary prayers.

Some of the prayers are sobs and groans.

There is an old saying: Be careful what you pray for, lest your prayers be answered.

This prayer has no special introduction or conclusion.

This is a besieged, privileged and panicked minority at prayer .

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.