state prayers
Britishplural noun
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The state prayers were invoked therein on behalf of "Victoria, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales and all the Royal Family."
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He was warned not to read the State prayers for the King and the Parliament.
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The point immediately at issue was whether those who dissented from the State prayers could join with propriety in the public services.
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Among clergymen who submitted to the reigning powers, though their hopes and sympathies were centred at St. Germains, the alternative of either reading the State prayers or relinquishing office in the English Church must have been singularly embarrassing.
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The oath of allegiance being required before a clergyman could take office, it is of course impossible to tell whether any nonjuring clergyman would have consented to read, as well as to listen to, the State prayers.
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