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prayer box

prayer box noun: a container used to store written prayers, intentions, or concerns.

Noun

prayer box (plural prayer boxes)

  1. A container used to store written prayers, intentions, or concerns.
    • As illustrative of the superstition of Buddhism, the prayer-boxes may be mentioned.1847, James Cornwell, Ph.D., A School Geography, page 229
    • He'd got a prayer-box for his birthday. In it was a scroll of the history of Creation to the Flood. He wanted to trade it for one I had, of the first eight chapters of Leviticus, and a slingshot.1929, Philip Barry, John, A Play, page 17

Forms of prayer box

pluralprayer boxes

Questions about prayer box

What does prayer box mean?
Prayer box means a container used to store written prayers, intentions, or concerns.
What part of speech is prayer box?
Prayer box is a noun.
What is the plural of prayer box?
The plural of prayer box is prayer boxes.

Words near prayer box in the dictionary

  1. prayer
  2. prayer bead
  3. prayer beads
  4. prayer book
  5. prayer books
  6. prayer box
  7. prayer boxes
  8. prayer bump
  9. prayer bumps
  10. prayer candle
  11. prayer card

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