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prayer book
[ prair ]
noun
- a book containing formal prayers to be used in public or private religious devotions.
- (usually initial capital letters) Book of Common Prayer.
- Nautical. a small holystone.
prayer book
/ prɛə /
noun
- ecclesiast a book containing the prayers used at church services or recommended for private devotions
- Church of England often capitals another name for Book of Common Prayer
Word History and Origins
Origin of prayer book1
Example Sentences
Use hardcover books—you can remove the dust jacket, giving it a nice inconspicuous look, not unlike a prayer book.
Pipes continued to appear upon the stage until its abolition (in company with the Prayer Book) by the Puritan rulers.
To-morrow the prince will receive, from sure hands, a prayer-book in which we convey the information to him.
She snatched away the tell-tale prayer-book and returned it with the letter-press right way up.
Something in Michael's attitude must have made a young man sitting behind lean over and ask if he wanted a Prayer Book.
Miss Enid was married in a sober traveling dress, and carried a prayer-book.
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