prayer book

noun

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

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In 1907, Johan Ludvig Heiberg discovered something unexpected in a Byzantine prayer book. Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2024 On the contrary, within its pages, Hersey beautifully delineates through the use of vintage hymns, prayer books, and abolitionist pamphlets, that rest is a birthright and a necessity and an anecdote for a tired world. Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Oct. 2024 The other rabbi covers his face with a book labeled TORAH, as religious Jews sometimes do with their prayer books, but in this case the gesture suggests a refusal to see. Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024 Though Hebrew is the language of Jewish prayer, Rabbi Harlow aspired to make the prayer book accessible to those who did not speak the language. Ari L. Goldman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 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 14 Nov. 2024.

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