prayer
/ˈpɹɛɹ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who prays.
Example Sentences
- "Through prayer I ask for God's guidance."
- "In many cultures, prayer involves singing."
- "Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer."
- "In that spirit, we’ll close with the wish we always offer at the end of our annual review, although this time it’s more of a prayer: Happy new year."
- "Christians recite the Lord's Prayer."
- "For Baha'is, there's a difference between obligatory prayers and devotional prayers."
Etymology
From Middle English preiere, from Old French preiere, from Early Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem. Displaced native Old English ġebed (whence modern English bead).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹɛɚ/
- British English: /pɹɛə/