graduation prayer
Ceremony's spiritual blessing
A graduation prayer is a prayer delivered at a school commencement ceremony, typically an invocation or benediction.
The practice is controversial in American public schools, where courts have ruled officially sponsored graduation prayers violate the constitutional separation of church and state.
Student-led prayers occupy a grayer legal area: The valedictorian included a graduation prayer despite the principal's objections.
- commencementAct of starting
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- higher powerTranscendent spiritual entity
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- dear LordShocked invocation
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graduation prayermoment of silence
Brief silent tribute
valedictorian speech · commencement address · recessional · closing remarks · pledge of allegiance
graduation prayermoment of silence
Brief silent tribute
inspirational quote · poetry reading · philosophical reflection · motivational speech
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