Emily Dickinson Lexicon

prayer (-s), n. [see pray, v.] (webplay: address, ask, bless, call, cause, door, famed, forgiven, God, good, granted, gratitude, heart, help, intercession, judgment, know, mildness, peace, perfections, recital, seeth, service, shut, solemnity, Supreme, tell, throw, time, worship).

1. Devotion; worship; petition; request; act of supplicating God; humble entreaty to a Supreme Being; communication with Deity.
2. Pleading on behalf of another.
3. Wish; desire; hope.
4. Thanksgiving; gratitude; thankfulness.
5. Religious text; liturgy; set words of devotion meant to be recited.
6. Song; devotional hymn; musical worship or praise; [fig.] chirping.