Paying a Vow.
In Iraq prayers are called by the athann which is the call to prayer from the mosque from the imann ,the man who leads prayers.
they are "series of prayers to god"
a compromise
the man who leads prayers is called 'Imam' that person can be randomly picked out of a crowd who knows the prayers word
I believe they are called a rosary.
They are called "aspirations or ejaculatory prayers. "
yes it has to as it fulfills all the defining characteristics of a science.
Maria
It can be called a covenant or a contract.
A prayer book.
matins
The Sacramentary