Prayer of Azariah

noun

Prayer of Az·​a·​ri·​ah

-ˌa-zə-ˈrī-ə

variants or Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Holy Children

: a hymn of praise found in the third chapter of the book of Daniel in the Septuagint and included in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canons of the Old Testament and in the Protestant Apocrypha

—abbreviation Pr Aza, Pr Azar

called also Song of the Three Holy Children

see Bible Table

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined above

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