prayer meeting

[prair]

noun

1. a meeting chiefly for prayer.

2. (in certain Protestant churches) a meeting in midweek, chiefly for individual prayer and the offering of testimonies of faith.

prayer meeting

/ prɛə /

noun

1. Protestantism a religious meeting at which the participants offer up prayers to God

Word History and Origins

Origin of prayer meeting¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

The Welsh government is poised to win a vote on its draft budget as the Conservatives' leader and another of his politicians have gone to the US for a prayer meeting in Washington DC.

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A cousin of Davis set up a prayer meeting on Zoom as well.

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"Enough of the shouting and the insults, it's time to come together," he urged in a prayer meeting just a week before the polls.

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Osborne worked at a gun shop operated by a brother of the Pollock siblings and attended the same church and prayer meetings as members of the Pollock family, according to prosecutors.

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At night, the slave quarters came to life with singing and dancing, storytelling, and prayer meetings.

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