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common prayer

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.


common prayer

noun

  1. the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of common prayer1

First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences

In his Easter address, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Ukrainians to be “united in one common prayer.”

Afterward, Mrs. Washington spent an hour at her devotions, reading the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer used in the Episcopal Church.

“And in the end, darkness will lose. Evil will be defeated. Today, this is our common goal, our common dream, and this is what our common prayer is for today. For our freedom. For our victory. For our Ukraine.”

“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.

Her third novel, “A Book of Common Prayer,” published in 1977, takes place in the fictional Central American nation of Boca Grande; it presages the book-length nonfiction studies “Salvador” and “Miami.”

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