Prepared to pray (5)
I believe the answer is:
knelt
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">prepared to pray</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for knelt that I've seen before include "congregation did it" , "Rested on the knees" , "Assumed posture of prayer" , "Got down (to propose)" , "... for which one might have done this" .)