prayers
SayPRAIRZ/pɹɛɹz/UK/pɹɛəz/
- 1Plural of prayer.
Their prayers for rain were finally answered after the long drought.
The congregation offered prayers for the families affected by the flood.
Note
A plural that belongs only to the countable uses of prayer: separate acts of praying, set forms of words, petitions made to someone. The practice itself, communicating with God or a spiritual being, is uncountable and has no plural. So the -s points to individual instances or texts. The plural can also name a gathering held to pray, often a recurring one, as in morning prayers.
prayers is a form of prayer
prayer, noun: A single act of praying, such as giving thanks, asking for help, or addressing a spiritual being. Full entry
- Forms
- prayerprayers plural
- Spelling
- prayer → prayers: add -s
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