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The plea and the pleader (6)

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prayer

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(Other definitions for prayer that I've seen before include "Address to god" , "Maybe collect" , "Orison" , "Supplication ot God" , "Reverent petition to a deity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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