1 [C] ~ (for sb/sth) words which you say to God giving thanks or asking for help:
to say your prayers * prayers for the sick * He arrived at that very moment, as if in answer to her prayer. * Their prayers were answered and the child was found safe and well.
2 [C] a fixed form of words that you can say when you speak to God:
It was a prayer she had learnt as a child.
seealsoTHELORD'SPRAYER
3 [U] the act or habit of praying:
They knelt in prayer. * We believe in the power of prayer.
4 (prayers) [pl.] a religious meeting that takes place regularly, in which people say prayers
5 [usuallysing.] a thing that you hope for very much:
My prayer is that one day he will walk again.
IDIOMS see WINGn.
