prayer meeting

[ prair ]

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.

prayer meeting

/ prɛə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of prayer meeting¹

First recorded in 1810–20