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PRAYER WHEEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cylinder with prayers written on it; each revolution counts as uttering the prayers; used especially by Buddhists in Tibet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prayer wheel" is a kind of...):
orison; petition; prayer (reverent petition to a deity)