Praying Hands
Palms pressed together
Praying Hands refers to hands pressed together with fingers pointing upward, palms touching—the traditional Christian gesture of prayer.
The phrase often names Albrecht Dürer's famous 1508 drawing depicting this pose, widely reproduced on religious items and as tattoos.
As a gesture, praying hands may express devotion, gratitude, or supplication: She clasped her hands in praying hands position.
The emoji 🙏 is sometimes called praying hands, though it also serves as a gesture of thanks or pleading.
- foldedBent upon itself
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- daily devotionRoutine religious observance
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- kneelingLowering onto bent legs
church pew · faith · chapel · blessing · reverence · supplication · altar · rosary · meditation · clasped · fingers · sacred · grace · humble · piety · cathedral · steeple · thanksgiving
- German RenaissanceHans Holbein, Holbein, Nuremberg, Martin Luther, woodcuts
- German ArtMax Ernst, Der Blaue Reiter, expressionism, Gothic art, Renaissance art
- HostasJune, Great Expectations, Earth Angel, Dancing Queen, Wolverine
- TulsaTulsa, Riverside, Center of the Universe, QuikTrip
- hand art
Praying Handsmiddle finger
Hand's central, longest digit
the finger · raised fist · clenched fists · pointing finger · crossed arms
Praying Handsdevil horns
Two-finger rock gesture
inverted cross · Baphomet · Black Mass · blasphemy · sacrilege
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