Collocations for prayer - noun

little, quick, short
She whispered a little prayer.

private, quiet, silent
She uttered a silent prayer.

special
fervent, heartfelt
unanswered
afternoon, bedtime, evening, midday, morning, noon
daily
ritual
the five daily ritual prayers of Islam

Friday
Muslims attend Friday prayers at the mosque.

Christian, Jewish, etc.
family
school (esp. AmE)
the contentious issue of school prayer

give, offer, offer up, pray, say, send up, utter
He gave a prayer of thanks to the troops.
I sent up a quick prayer and entered the interview room.
She began to pray a prayer of sincere gratitude.

mutter, whisper
Whenever I pass a temple, I mutter a quick prayer.

chant, read, recite
Priests chanted prayers and read from sacred texts.

remember sb in
Let us remember them in our prayers today.

hear
answer
Does God answer our prayers?

grant
Thankfully, his prayers were granted.

kneel in
The congregation kneeled in prayer.

join in, meet for
Local groups meet for prayer.

have
We had family prayers before breakfast.

attend
Students are required to attend prayers twice a week.

lead
An imam leads the prayer and usually gives a sermon.

book
beads
He fiddled with his prayer beads.

mat, rug
shawl
a Jewish prayer shawl

flag
Buddhist prayer flags fluttering in the breeze

wheel
Tibetan monks use a prayer wheel.

meeting, service, session, vigil
breakfast (AmE)
circle, group
leader
a prayer leader at the mosque

hall, room
a Buddhist prayer hall
a multi-faith prayer room in the college

at prayer
He spends an hour each day at prayer.

in prayer
She moved her lips in silent prayer.

prayer for
a prayer for peace

prayer of
I said a prayer of grateful thanks to God.

prayer over
He spoke a brief prayer over their meal.

prayer to

the answer to sb's prayers (= exactly what sb needs)
The letter was the answer to all her prayers.

not have a prayer (= be sure to fail)
This never had a prayer of working.