English-Italian translations for prayer

• preghiera
  Siamo loro vicini anche nella preghiera. Our thoughts and our prayers are with them.
  Il suo appello era: no alla spirale di violenza, sì invece a una spirale di preghiera. His appeal was not for a spiral of violence but a spiral of prayer.
  Ieri era giorno di preghiera per le chiese protestanti dei Paesi Bassi. In the Netherlands, the Protestant churches held a prayer day yesterday.
• orazione
  Bene, dopo l'orazione ..., mi scuso, l'intervento dell'onorevole Martinez tocca ora all'onorevole Metten che ha la parola per tre minuti. Well, now that we have heard Mr Martinez' prayer - sorry, speech - it is time for Mr Metten to speak. He has the floor for three minutes.
• prece
• pregatore
• pregatrice

Definition of prayer

• A practice of communicating with one's God
• The act of praying
• The specific words or methods used for praying
• A meeting held for the express purpose of praying
• A request; a petition
• The remotest hope or chance
• One who prays

Examples

• Through prayer I ask for Gods blessings
• In many cultures, prayer involves singing
• Christians recite the Lords Prayer
• For Bahais theres a difference between obligatory and devotional prayer
• Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer
• This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free
• That team doesnt have a prayer of winning the championship.

Related words

• sprayer
• prayerfully
• prayerful
• prayerbook
• prayerless
• prayer-rug
• prayer book
• prayer wheel
• prayer rug