common prayer

American  

noun

1. prayer for reciting by a group of worshipers, especially the liturgy for public worship prescribed by the Church of England.

2. (initial capital letters) Book of Common Prayer.

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common prayer British  

noun

1. the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer

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Etymology

Origin of common prayer

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

“Today, this is our common goal, our common dream. And this is precisely what our common prayer is for today. For our freedom. For our victory. For our Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2023

Kat wishes for a kind of pedestrian normalcy, a common prayer of princesses in everything from the delight of “Roman Holiday” and “Notting Hill” to the despondence of “Beyond the Lights” and “Spencer.”

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

And relief that this old-school Republican and Democrats could join in common prayer.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2020

He urged Christians to seek "unity in diversity of expression" through common prayer and charity.

From US News • Jul. 3, 2015

Among their voices but silent, I traced, then lost, the sounds of individual aunts in the surge of the common prayer.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez