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prayerbook

prayerbook

1 5.2
A book with prayers people say during religious services
  • noun
  • /ˈprɛərbʊk/
translation icon : libro de oraciones
  • She always carried her prayerbook to the religious gatherings to follow along with the prayers.

Examples

  • Such prayerbooks and the prayers they contained were used both at home and in church.

    Academic text (2004)
  • 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

    Academic text (2001)
  • 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.

    Academic text (2004)
  • They began to publish evangelical prayerbooks, and particularly in the second half of the sixteenth century, numerous works appeared.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Prayerbooks are not the only evidence of the reformers' use of Jehoshaphat and his prayer to shape Lutheran prayer practice.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Jehoshaphat's prayer is found in sixteenth-century prayerbooks, chiefly from the second half of the sixteenth century.

    Academic text (2004)
  • 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

prayer book
vsprayerbook
7 2.6

A book of religious words people read to speak to God

is especially tied to formal religious worship rather than private use
Book of Common Prayer
vsprayerbook
  • Literature
1 7.8

An official service book used in Church of England worship with formal and beautiful language

is a general collection of devotional texts not tied to one denomination
siddur
vsprayerbook
1 9.9

A book of Jewish prayers used daily and on the Sabbath

is used across religions rather than specific to one faith's daily rites
service book
vsprayerbook
6.7

A book that has the words and forms used in religious ceremonies

is focused on collected devotions used in worship rather than ceremony procedures
sacramentary
vsprayerbook
  • Specialized
9.9

A book of prayers and rites a priest uses during Mass and other church services

is for general worship use and not limited to priestly liturgical rites

Surface Forms

prayerbook singular
prayerbooks plural

Morphology

prayerbook = prayer + book (transparent) = prayer + book

A straightforward compound of 'prayer' + 'book'; a book containing prayers is directly inferable from its parts.

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.