prayerful

prayerful
prayerfully, adv.prayerfulness, n.
/prair"feuhl/, adj.
given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
[1620-30; PRAYER + -FUL]
Syn. pious, godly, reverent.

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  • Prayerful — Prayer ful, a. Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional. The prayerful man. J. S. Blackie. {Prayer ful*ly}, adv. {Prayer ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prayerful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) characterized by the use of prayer. 2) given to praying; devout. DERIVATIVES prayerfully adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • prayerful — [prer′fəl] adj. 1. given to frequent praying; devout 2. like or expressive of prayer prayerfully adv. prayerfulness n …   English World dictionary

  • prayerful — adjective Date: 1626 1. devout 2. earnest, sincere • prayerfully adverb • prayerfulness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • prayerful — adjective That prays frequently; devout …   Wiktionary

  • prayerful — Synonyms and related words: Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, adorant, adoring, begging, believing, cadging, cultish, cultist, cultistic, devoted, devotional, devout, dutiful, faithful, godly, holy, imploring, in the dust, mendicant,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • prayerful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. devout, orthodox, pious; see religious 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Deeply concerned with God and the beliefs and practice of religion: devotional, devout, godly, holy, pietistic, pietistical, pious,… …   English dictionary for students

  • prayerful — prerfl / preÉ™fl adj. religious, reverent; devout, pious, observant; begging, supplicant, appealing …   English contemporary dictionary

  • prayerful — adjective 1》 characterized by the use of prayer. 2》 given to praying; devout. Derivatives prayerfully adverb prayerfulness noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • prayerful — a. Given to prayer, of much converse with God, devout, devotional, religious, pious, lowly minded, reverent …   New dictionary of synonyms

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