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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional.

“The prayerful man.”

J. S. Blackie.

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Prayer′ful-ly

adv.

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Prayer′ful-ness

Noun.

Adj.

Devotional; given to prayer; as a prayerful frame of mind.

Using much prayer.

prayerful ‎(comparative more prayerful, superlative most prayerful)

That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent. [from 17th c.]
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 207:
  His extrovert craziness is an interesting counterpoint or safety valve to the ethos of prayerful silence and traditional solemnity which is so much part of Orthodox identity.