HyperDic: book_of_common_prayer

English > 1 sense of the expression Book of Common Prayer:
NOUNcommunicationBook of Common Prayerthe Anglican service book of the Church of England
English > Book of Common Prayer: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningThe Anglican service book of the Church of England; has had several revisions since the Reformation and is widely admired for the dignity and beauty of its language.
Instance ofservice bookA book setting forth the forms of church service
PartsLitanyA prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
Psalter, Book of PsalmsA collection of Psalms for liturgical use

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