Prayer vs. Supplication

Prayernoun

A practice of communicating with one's God.

Prayernoun

The act of praying.

Prayernoun

The specific words or methods used for praying.

Prayernoun

A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.

Prayernoun

A request; a petition.

Prayernoun

(mostly in negative constructions) The remotest hope or chance.

Prayernoun

One who prays.

Prayernoun

One who prays; a supplicant.

Prayernoun

The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body.

Prayernoun

The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer.

Prayernoun

The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers.

Prayernoun

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving);

Prayernoun

reverent petition to a deity

Prayernoun

earnest or urgent request;

Prayernoun

a fixed text used in praying

Prayernoun

someone who prays to God

Prayer

Prayer is an invocation that seeks with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a god or a deified ancestor.

Supplicationnoun

An act of supplicating; a humble request.

Supplicationnoun

A prayer or entreaty to a god.

Supplicationnoun

(historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.

Supplicationnoun

The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.

Supplicationnoun

The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.

Supplicationnoun

A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.

Supplicationnoun

A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods.

Supplicationnoun

a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service

Supplicationnoun

a humble request for help from someone in authority

Supplicationnoun

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving);

Supplication

Supplication (also known as petitioning) is a form of prayer, wherein one party humbly or earnestly asks another party to provide something, either for the party who is doing the supplicating (e.g., ) or on behalf of someone else.