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  • 11prayer — prayer, suit, plea, petition, appeal mean an earnest and usually a formal request for something and their corresponding intransitive verbs pray, sue, plead, petition, appeal mean to make such a request. Prayer and pray imply that the request is… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 12call|ing — «K lihng», noun. 1. occupation, profession, or trade: »He chose to follow the calling of a teacher, while his brother chose the army as his calling. SYNONYM(S): vocation, career, business. 2. an invitation, command, or summons: »the calling of… …

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  • 13Prayer before birth — is a poem written by Anglo Irish poet Louis McNeice (1907 1963) at the height of the Second World War. In the poem, Louis MacNeice expresses his fear at what the world s tyranny can do to the innocence of a child and blames the human race for the …

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  • 14prayer — prayer1 prayerless, adj. prayerlessly, adv. prayerlessness, n. /prair/, n. 1. a devout petition to God or an object of worship. 2. a spiritual communion with God or an object of worship, as in supplication, thanksgiving, adoration, or confession …

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  • 15PRAYER BOOKS — Books containing the texts of the customary daily prayers did not exist in ancient times. Sources of tannaitic and amoraic times take it as understood that prayer is by heart (e.g., Ber. 5:3–5; RH 4:5–6; Ta an. 2:2). In public prayer the reader… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 16Prayer in the New Testament — An Overview Prayer in the New Testament is presented as a positive command () as it is thought to brings people closer to God.Jesus encouraged the disciples to pray in secret in their private rooms as a humble response to the prayer of the… …

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  • 17prayer — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An earnest request] Syn. entreaty, request, intercession, thanksgiving, praise, petition; see also appeal 1 . 2. [An address to the deity] Syn. orison, invocation, act of devotion, supplication, devotions, benediction,… …

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  • 18call — Synonyms and related words: Angelus, Angelus bell, DDD, accompany, address, adjuration, adumbrate, alarm, alarum, allurement, animal noise, ante, ante up, antecedents, apostleship, apostrophize, appeal, appeal to, appraise, appreciate,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 19prayer — Synonyms and related words: Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Mass, Paternoster, adjuration, adoration, aid prayer, appeal, application, asker, beadroll, beads, bedtime prayer, beggar, begging, beseeching, beseechment, bid,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20prayer in aid — In real actions, the tenant may pray in aid; that is, he may call for assistance of another to help him to plead because of the feebleness or imbecility of his own estate. Thus, a tenant for life may pray in aid of him that hath the inheritance… …

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