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Prayerful :: Prayerful (a.) Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional.

Orison :: Orison (n.) A prayer; a supplication.

Postcomminion :: Postcomminion (n.) A prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions..

Station :: Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.

Neuvaines :: Neuvaines (n. pl.) Prayers offered up for nine successive days.

Intercession :: Intercession (n.) The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others..

Deprecation :: Deprecation (n.) The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.

Praise :: Praise (v.) Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise..

Mantra :: Mantra (n.) A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.

Ejaculate :: Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer..

Deprecate :: Deprecate (v. t.) To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly..

Prayer :: Prayer (n.) One who prays; a supplicant.

Invocation :: Invocation (n.) The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being..

Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.

Oratory :: Oratory (n.) A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions..

Beadroll :: Beadroll (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general..

Prayerless :: Prayerless (a.) Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer.

Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers..

Breviary :: Breviary (n.) A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical hours, namely, matins and lauds, the first, third, sixth, and ninth hours, vespers, and compline; -- distinguished from the missal..

Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..

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