public prayer
Group speaking heavenward
Public prayer is prayer offered aloud in a group setting—at religious services, government meetings, graduation ceremonies, or other gatherings.
The term often appears in debates about separation of church and state: The court ruled against public prayer in schools.
Distinguished from private or silent prayer by its communal, audible nature.
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- house of worshipReligious service venue
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- church serviceOrganized Christian worship gathering
- sermonClergy's worship address
hymn · pew · altar · blessing · invocation · benediction · liturgy · ceremony · reverence · supplication · intercession · kneeling · hands folded · bowed · sanctuary · pulpit · devotion · gathering
- prayerintercession, supplication, novenas, novena, intercessor
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
public prayerprivate prayer
Solitary communion with deity
silent prayer · personal devotion · secret prayer · private devotion · quiet reflection
public, publicly, publican, publication, publicity, publicize, publicized, republic, republican