prayer
World Encyclopedia | Date: 2005
prayer Act of thanking, adoring, conferring with, or petitioning a divine power; also the form of words used for this purpose. Many religions have set forms for praying. Muslims recite prayers while facing in the direction of
Mecca. In Christianity, the Roman Catholic missal contains regulated customary prayers. The Book of
Common Prayer plays the same role in the Anglican Communion. Prayer can also be the private devotional act of an individual using his or her own words.
© World Encyclopedia 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005.
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Commonweal; 5/19/1995; Cunningham, Lawrence S.; 265 words
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