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Our Father

American  
Our Father British  

noun

  1. another name for the Lord's Prayer , taken from its opening words

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But not everybody likes the version of the Our Father.

From Seattle Times Apr. 26, 2024

When he told the Episcopal church where he was a music minister that he planned to make a record, people kept coming up to him after Mass asking for a recording of the Our Father.

From Seattle Times Apr. 26, 2024

Pedro Rubalcava, the director of Oregon Catholic Press’ label group, said that “The Sound of Silence” version of the Our Father has been widespread throughout Latin America and U.S.

From Seattle Times Apr. 26, 2024

Quickly, when watching "Our Father" on Netflix, you realize this is not your average documentary.

From Salon May 22, 2022

Unable to work either the dishwater or Methuselah’s long memory into a proper ending for his parable, Our Father merely looked at us all and heaved the great sigh of the put-upon male.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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