noun
    
    plural prayers
    
    [count] words spoken to God especially in order to give thanks or to ask for something
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    a fixed set of words that are spoken to God
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] :the act of speaking to God :the act of praying
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :a strong hope or wish
    
    
    
    
    
    prayers [plural] :a meeting at which people pray together
    
    
    
    [singular] informal :a slight chance of doing or getting something - usually used in negative statements
    
    
    
    
    
    on a wing and a prayer