prayerful

comparative more prayerful · superlative most prayerful

1. That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent.First known use 17th c.

   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