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Scientific studies regarding the use of prayer have mostly concentrated on its effect on the healing of sick or injured people. The efficacy of petition in prayer for physical [[healing]] to a deity has been evaluated in numerous studies, with contradictory results.[http://www.abelard.org/galton/galton.htm]. Though there has been criticism of the way the studies were conducted.[http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/gary_posner/godccu.html]  

Scientific studies regarding the use of prayer have mostly concentrated on its effect on the healing of sick or injured people. The efficacy of petition in prayer for physical [[healing]] to a deity has been evaluated in numerous studies, with contradictory results.[http://www.abelard.org/galton/galton.htm]. Though there has been criticism of the way the studies were conducted.[http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/gary_posner/godccu.html]  

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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

''Pray'' entered Middle [[English]] as ''preyen, prayen,''and ''preien'' around 1290, recorded in ''The early'' ''South-English Legendary'' I. 112/200: ''And preide is fader wel ȝ erne,'' in the sense of "to ask earnestly." The next recorded use in 1300 is simply "to pray."[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=p&p=27]

''Pray'' entered Middle [[English]] as ''preyen, prayen,''and ''preien'' around 1290, recorded in ''The early'' ''South-English Legendary'' I. 112/200: ''And preide is fader wel ȝ erne,'' in the sense of "to ask earnestly." The next recorded use in 1300 is simply "to pray."[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=p&p=27]