- prayer book
- nouna book containing prayers• Syn: ↑prayerbook• Hypernyms: ↑book• Hyponyms: ↑breviary, ↑missal, ↑Psalter, ↑Book of Psalms
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noun1. : a book containing prayers and often forms of worship and used in religious services or in private devotions* * *
/prair/1. a book containing formal prayers to be used in public or private religious devotions.2. (usually caps.) See Book of Common Prayer.3. Naut. a small holystone.[1590-1600]* * *
prayer book nounA book containing prayers or forms of devotion, esp the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England• • •Main Entry: ↑prayer* * *
a book that contains religious prayersThesaurus: religious objects, symbols and textshyponym* * *
prayer book «prair»,a book of prayers: »A well-known prayer book is the Book of Common Prayer used by the Church of England (Bernard Ramm).
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n. a book containing the forms of prayer regularly used in Christian worship, esp. the Book of Common Prayer* * *
noun, pl ⋯ books [count]: a book that contains prayers and other writings used in church services* * *
a book that contains prayers, for use in religious services
Useful english dictionary. 2012.