prayer service
Communal devotional meeting
A prayer service is a religious gathering focused on communal prayer, typically shorter and less formal than a full worship service.
It may include readings, hymns, and meditation but usually omits elements like sermons or sacraments: The church holds a prayer service every Wednesday evening.
Prayer services often mark specific occasions—vigils, times of crisis, or seasonal observances.
- call to worshipSummons to religious gathering
- hymnReligious song of praise
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
- psalmSacred scriptural song
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
congregation · house of worship · intercession · liturgy · sermon · scripture reading · vigil · invocation · supplication · benediction · vespers · matins · amen · church · solace · moment of silence · mosque · devotion
- church servicesweddings, high mass, funerals, communion, low mass
- Jewish worshipKaddish, morning prayers, evening prayers, siddur, machzor
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- wedding preparationsbridal shower, bachelorette party, bachelor party, rehearsal dinner, engagement party
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites
prayer serviceblack mass
Profane parody of communion
satanic ritual · civil ceremony · desecration · orgy · debauchery
prayer servicebacchanal
Wild drunken celebration
orgy · political rally · sporting event · rock concert · casino night
prayer servicesilent meditation
Soundless reflective practice