prayerful
adjUK /ˈpɹɛːfʊl/
Etymology From prayer + -ful.
1
That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent.
- 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.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 207:
- Derived terms
- prayerfully, prayerfulness, unprayerful