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prayer

[prair] / prɛər /


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Students start the day with prayer and learn the laws of daily Jewish life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

They had the cadence of a catechism, and evolved into a set of rules recited like a prayer by Yamel, her brother and their aunt around the kitchen table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Pope Leo XIV held his first public engagement since his lung cancer surgery on Sunday, as he recited the Angelus prayer from the window of Vatican's Apostolic Palace.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The Angelus prayer is typically given by the pope from the Apostolic Palace overlooking St Peter's Square.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

To provide an official reason for his visits to Haarlem, he started conducting a weekly prayer fellowship at the Beje each Wednesday morning.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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