From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoffer (up) a prayer/sacrifice etcoffer (up) a prayer/sacrifice etcRRto pray to God or give something to God → offer
Examples from the Corpus
offer (up) a prayer/sacrifice etc• Can you find somewhere to offer up a prayer? 36.• Each morning the strike council opened business by some one offering a prayer.• So in offering prayers for downtrodden races, I would advise you not to overlook the downtrodden tourist.• After offering a prayer, the virgin expired.• They found him and his sons on the shore offering a sacrifice to Poseidon. 