- 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, benedictionDerived form: verb pray1 - prayer, petition, orison - reverent petition to a deity
--2 is a kind of request, asking
--2 has particulars:prayer wheel; benediction, blessing; collect; commination; deprecation; grace, blessing, thanksgiving; intercession; invocation, supplication; requiescat Derived form: verb pray1 - 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:adjuration; demagoguery, demagogy; supplication, plea; solicitation; suit; courtship, wooing, courting, suit - prayer - a fixed text used in praying
--4 is a kind of sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
--4 has particulars:Agnus Dei; Angelus; Ave Maria, Hail Mary; Canticle of Simeon, Nunc dimittis; Evening Prayer, evensong; Kol Nidre; Litany; Lord's Prayer; Mass; Shema Derived form: verb pray1 - prayer, supplicant - someone who prays to God
--5 is a kind of religionist, religious person
--5 has particulars: beadsman, bedesmanDerived form: verb pray1