prayerbook
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈprɛərbʊk/
- She always carried her prayerbook to the religious gatherings to follow along with the prayers.
Examples
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Such prayerbooks and the prayers they contained were used both at home and in church.
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One morning, the prayerbook fell into the river, and the priest feared that his prayers were gone forever.
Academic text (1990) -
The Sixth Service of the New Union Prayerbook
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The English phrase is an older translation, which you will still find in certain prayerbooks.
Blog text (24) -
Luther harshly condemned these prayerbooks because they contained beliefs and practices directly opposed to his own.
Academic text (2004) -
Typically, such prayerbooks presented prayer as a good work contributing to salvation and tied the work of prayer to confession, satisfaction, and indulgences.
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They began to publish evangelical prayerbooks, and particularly in the second half of the sixteenth century, numerous works appeared.
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Prayerbooks are not the only evidence of the reformers' use of Jehoshaphat and his prayer to shape Lutheran prayer practice.
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Jehoshaphat's prayer is found in sixteenth-century prayerbooks, chiefly from the second half of the sixteenth century.
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Lutheran prayerbooks included Jehoshaphat's prayer as a prayer to be used in times of despair, temptation, persecution, or great need.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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2.6
A book of religious words people read to speak to God
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7.8
An official service book used in Church of England worship with formal and beautiful language
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9.9
A book of Jewish prayers used daily and on the Sabbath
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9.9
A book of prayers and rites a priest uses during Mass and other church services
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6.7
A book that has the words and forms used in religious ceremonies
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prayerbook is made from two simple words: prayer meaning 'a talk to God' and book meaning 'a set of pages'. So a prayerbook is literally 'a book of prayers' used in worship.