prayer book
Americannoun
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a book containing formal prayers to be used in public or private religious devotions.
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(usually initial capital letters) Book of Common Prayer.
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Nautical. a small holystone.
noun
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ecclesiast a book containing the prayers used at church services or recommended for private devotions
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Church of England (often capitals) another name for Book of Common Prayer
Etymology
Origin of prayer book
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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I even had the prayer book sitting there in anticipation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2024
Galli had been looking through the library's manuscripts from the Middle Ages to find more information about this sequence when he came across the prayer book.
From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023
He tells the officer that yes, he does have a country and shows him a prayer book that U.S. authorities neglected to confiscate long ago.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023
“During the excavation, only his cloak, some coins and a prayer book apparently were found.”
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2023
Pretending that a book he used to keep his accounts was a prayer book, the innkeeper sang a couple of psalms and finished the ceremony.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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