prayer
noun/prer/
Слово англійською: prayer
Переклад prayer українською: [m1]I, , віруючий; молільник; той, що молиться, прохач, [m1]II, , молитва, to say one's ~s — молитися, читати молитви:, відправа, служба божа, прохання; благання, his ~ was granted — його прохання було задоволене, Lord's P. — «Отче наш»
Детальний опис
- [countable] words that you say to God giving thanks or asking for help
- to say your prayers
- prayer for somebody/something prayers for the sick
- We offer our prayers for all those who have died in war.
- He arrived at that very moment, as if in answer to her prayer.
- Their prayers were answered and the child was found safe and well.
- prayer to somebody/something She stopped saying nightly prayers to God.
Collocations ReligionReligionBeing religious- believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
- be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
- convert to/practise a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
- go to church/(North American English) temple (= the synagogue)
- go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
- belong to a church/a religious community
- join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
- praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
- attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
- perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
- carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
- go on/make a pilgrimage
- celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
- observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
- deliver/preach/hear a sermon
- lead/address the congregation
- say/recite a prayer/blessing
- preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
- study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
- read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
- be based on/derive from divine revelation
- commit/consider something heresy/sacrilege
- seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
- strengthen/lose your faith
- keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
- save/purify/lose your soul
- obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
- be/accept/do God’s will
- receive/experience divine grace
- achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
- undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
- hear/answer a prayer
- commit/confess/forgive a sin
- do/perform penance
- [countable] a fixed form of words that you can say when you speak to God
- It was a prayer she had learnt as a child.
- [uncountable] the act or habit of praying
- in prayer They knelt in prayer.
- We believe in the power of prayer.
- They held a prayer vigil throughout the night.
- spiritual healing through prayer
- a national day of prayer
- prayers[plural] a religious meeting that takes place regularly in which people say prayers
- Muslims attend Friday prayers at the mosque.
- [countable, usually singular] a thing that you hope for very much
- My prayer is that one day he will walk again.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French preiere, based on Latin precarius ‘obtained by entreaty’, from prex, prec- ‘prayer’.
Idioms
on a wing and a prayer
- with only a very slight chance of success