prayer

Noun

• someone who prays to God

• a fixed text used in praying

• earnest or urgent request
  • an entreaty to stop the fighting
    
  • an appeal for help
    
  • an appeal to the public to keep calm
    

• reverent petition to a deity

• the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
  • the priest sank to his knees in prayer
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  supplicant , entreaty , appeal , petition , orison , supplication