prayer book

noun

: a book containing prayers and often other forms and directions for worship

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Don’t miss the upstairs museum, which displays priceless menorahs, prayer books, shofars and other historic artifacts, with windows that overlook the grave markers in the courtyard, a remnant of the old Budapest ghetto, where more than 2,000 victims of fascism were buried. Evan Rail, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 Agam's mother later revealed that her daughter had dreamed of a siddur – a Jewish prayer book – just days earlier. Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025 What’s so special about a ceramic cookie jar or a prayer book? Corina Knoll, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025 The kits also include informational materials about the holidays and Ukrainian-language prayer books. Marcel Gascón Barberá, Sun Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for prayer book

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1529, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of prayer book was circa 1529

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“Prayer book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prayer%20book. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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