prayer book

noun

a book containing prayers

• Syn: ↑prayerbook

• Hypernyms: ↑book

• Hyponyms: ↑breviary, ↑missal, ↑Psalter, ↑Book of Psalms

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noun

1. : a book containing prayers and often forms of worship and used in religious services or in private devotions

2. slang : a narrow piece of holystone used in the hand to scrub crevices in the deck of a ship

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/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]

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prayer book noun

A book containing prayers or forms of devotion, esp the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England

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Main Entry: ↑prayer

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prayer book UK US noun [countable] [singular prayer book plural prayer books]

a book that contains religious prayers

Thesaurus: religious objects, symbols and texts_hyponym

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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

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noun, pl ⋯ books [count]

: a book that contains prayers and other writings used in church services

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ˈprayer book [prayer book prayer books] noun

a book that contains prayers, for use in religious services