Prayers
| Name | Use |
| Agnus Dei | Lamb of God - prayer in 3 parts spoken or sung in the Mass |
| Aleinu | Prayer near the end of a Jewish service |
| Amidah | main prayer at a Jewish service |
| Angelus | prayer said morning, noon and night by Roman Catholics to commemorate the Annunciation |
| Ave Maria | Hail Mary - prayer honouring the Virgin Mary in Roman Catholic worship |
| canonical hours | prayers or services set for specific times of day in the Roman Catholic Church |
| collect | brief prayer spoken before the epistle at Mass or Holy Communion |
| compline | last of the seven canonical hours |
| Confiteor | prayer including a standardised confession of sins in Roman Catholic worship |
| epiclesis | prayer in the Mass calling on the Holy Spirit to transform the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ |
| Fatiha | standard prayer and declaration in Islamic worship |
| Gloria | prayer of praise in Christian worship |
| intercession | prayer to God on behalf of another |
| invocation | prayer asking for God's help |
| Kaddish | daily prayer in praise of God in Jewish services - also recited by those mourning the death of a close relative |
| Kol Nidre | prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Attonement |
| Kyrie eleison | Lord have mercy - prayer often sung in Christan worship |
| litany | prayer in which the congregation's responses alternate with the leader's invocations |
| matins | first of the seven canonical hours |
| Miserere | prayer for mercy, the 51st Psalm, in Christian worship |
| nones | fifth of the seven canonical hours |
| Pater Noster | Our Father - the Lord's Prayer |
| prime | second of the seven canonical hours |
| requiescat | prayer for the souls of the dead |
| rogation | prayer said during the Rogation Days, preceding Ascension Day |
| sext | fourth of the seven canonical hours |
| Shema | Hear, O Israel - the confession of the Jewish faith |
| terce | third of the seven canonical hours |
| vespers | sixth of the seven canonical hours |
