prayer meeting

American  

[prair] / prɛər /

noun

1. a meeting chiefly for prayer.

2. (in certain Protestant churches) a meeting in midweek, chiefly for individual prayer and the offering of testimonies of faith.

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prayer meeting British  

/ prɛə /

noun

1. Protestantism a religious meeting at which the participants offer up prayers to God

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Etymology

Origin of prayer meeting

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Esperanza makes an altar on the vanity and prepares the space for chanting, a prayer meeting but more unapologetic, ritualistic and communal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

"We must continue to stand together to fight this... I have no doubt in my mind we will overcome," he told a recent prayer meeting for political prisoners.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

The Welsh government is poised to win a vote on its draft budget as the Conservatives' leader and another of his politicians have gone to the US for a prayer meeting in Washington DC.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

“We are facing distress and disease in this dry spell,” said Bashir Ahmed, a local resident who participated in a prayer meeting in Srinagar.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024

Then we went out and invited our neighbors from Red Hook to come to prayer meeting at our house on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride