Collocations withprayer

These are words often used in combination withprayer.

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contemplative prayer
They ate frugal meals, and spent their days both in contemplative prayer and interceding on behalf of others.
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daily prayer
The daily prayer services must not be performed in the presence of outsiders, and are always performed in the direction of the sun.
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evening prayer
It is a mandatory requirement that a cassock, a surlice and a scarf shall be worn for morning and evening prayer.
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intercessory prayer
To put it simply, as one commentator did, the benefits to the public of intercessory prayer were not susceptible of legal proof.
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morning prayer
A former patient described a range of occupations that engaged residents after morning prayer in the drawing room and their treatment in the baths.
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prayer bead
The demand for genuine faturan often confused for amber - has always been great among prayer bead, tesbih and komboloi collectors.
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prayer meeting
After all, it has been a very long prayer meeting.
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prayer rug
Decorations not only are important but also have a deep sense of value in the design of the prayer rug.
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prayer service
His prayer service evoked the tragic dimension of the disaster and touched all present.
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prayer shawl
He recounts that at the same time, he started praying, getting himself a siddur (prayer book) and tallit (prayer shawl).
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silent prayer
The other can remain like a monk in silent prayer.
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