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Webster 1913 Edition


Prayerful

Prayer′ful

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Adj.
Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional.
“The prayerful man.”
J. S. Blackie.
Prayer′ful-ly
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adv.
Prayer′ful-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Prayerful

PRA'YERFUL

,
Adj.
Devotional; given to prayer; as a prayerful frame of mind.
1.
Using much prayer.

Definition 2024


prayerful

prayerful

English

Adjective

prayerful (comparative more prayerful, superlative most prayerful)

  1. That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent. [from 17th c.]
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 207:
      His extrovert craziness is an interesting counterpoint or safety valve to the ethos of prayerful silence and traditional solemnity which is so much part of Orthodox identity.