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Definition of Prayer book

1. Noun. A book containing prayers.

Definition of Prayer book

1. Noun. A book containing religious prayers ¹

2. Noun. (when capitalized) The Book of Common Prayer ¹

3. Noun. (nautical) A small holystone ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prayer Book

Literary usage of Prayer book

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"prayer book for the sen-ices of the year at the synagogue. Jews. ... Garbett, —, and Martin, S. eds, Family prayer-book. *$1.50. 'OS. Cassell. 08. Benziger. ..."

2. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1908)
"prayer book for the Use of Families, prepared by the Association of Ministers on Piscataqua River. Portsmouth, 1799. ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The American Prayer-book is framed closely upon the model of the English book, ... On the American Prayer-book consult: CM Butler, HM. of Book of Common ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1552 the second Prayer-book took the place of the first. This is the present Anglican Book of Common Prayer and represents a much stronger Protestant ..."

5. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"Second edit., prayer book of 1559 ... C. Knight, 1838, imp.8vo. li.lls.6d. ' prayer book, Loud. ... or the several mon prayer book, from Edward VI. to ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Further changes were made in 1604 and again in 1662, but the prayer book as a whole ... Hardly any change was made in this part in the Second prayer book, ..."

7. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other ...by Church of England by Church of England (1809)
"... Common prayer book began with the Lord's Prayer; the rejection ... Common Prayer Book to be ..."

8. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1902)
"STEVENS (ET) Teaching of the prayer book prayer book. pp. 63. ... TOMLINSON (JT) The prayer book, Articles and Homilies: some forgotten facts, pp. 311. ..."

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