prayers (noun)
1prayer book — noun a book containing prayers • Syn: ↑prayerbook • Hypernyms: ↑book • Hyponyms: ↑breviary, ↑missal, ↑Psalter, ↑Book of Psalms * * * …
2prayer wheel — noun a cylinder with prayers written on it; each revolution counts as uttering the prayers; used especially by Buddhists in Tibet • Hypernyms: ↑prayer, ↑petition, ↑orison * * * noun : a cylinder of wood or metal revolving on an axis and… …
3prayer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, quick, short ▪ She whispered a little prayer. ▪ private, quiet, silent ▪ S …
4prayer — noun 1 (C) words that you say when praying to God, especially a fixed form of words: We all had to say our prayers before going to bed. (+ for): a prayer for the deceased 2 (U) the act of praying or the regular habit of praying: the power of… …
5prayer flag — noun : a flag on which a Buddhist prayer is printed that is flown in the belief that the prayer is wafted continuously as the flag flutters in the breeze * * * /prair/ a flag stamped with printed prayers, used by Himalayan Buddhists, who believe… …
6rosary — noun /ˈroʊzəri/ a) A series of Roman Catholic prayers, usually made up of five, fifteen, or twenty decades of Hail Marys, each decade beginning with Our Father and ending with a Gloria Be to the Father. Other prayers are also incorporated into… …
7prayer beads — noun a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics) • Syn: ↑rosary • Hypernyms: ↑beads, ↑string of beads * * * /prair/ a rosary. [1620 30] * * * prayer beads UK US noun …
8Stations of the Cross — noun (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus passage from Pilate s house to his crucifixion at Calvary • Syn: ↑Stations …
9canonical hour — noun a) Any of certain times of day at which specified prayers are said according to canon law b) The prayers said at these times …
10canonical hours — noun a) The times of day at which canon law prescribes certain prayers to be said; matins with lauds, prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and complin b) …
