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A 'prayer book' is a book outlining the 'liturgy' of religious services.

In this sense, it may carry the following specific names in various religions:

Prayer book may also refer to:








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A 'prayer book' is a book outlining the 'liturgy' of religious services.

In this sense, it may carry the following specific names in various religions:
  • Breviary
    Breviary

    A breviary is a liturgical book of the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church containing the public or canonical prayers, hymns, the Psalms, readings, and notations for everyday use, especially by, bishops, priests, and deacons in the Divine Office ....
    , in Roman Catholicism
  • Agenda (liturgy)
    Agenda (liturgy)

    The name Agenda is given, particularly in the Lutheran Church, to the official books dealing with the forms andceremonies of Service of worship....
    , in Lutheranism
  • Common Worship
    Common Worship

    Common Worship is the name given to the series of services authorised by the General Synod of the Church of England and launched on the first Sunday of Advent in 2000....
    , in Anglicanism
    • Alternative Service Book
      Alternative Service Book

      The Alternative Service Book 1980 was the first complete prayer book produced by the Church of England since 1662. Its name derives from the fact that it was proposed not as a replacement for the Book of Common Prayer but merely as an alternative to it....
       (adopted in 1980), in the Church of England
    • Directory of Public Worship
      Directory of Public Worship

      The Directory for Public Worship was a manual of directions for worship approved by an ordinance of Long Parliament early in 1645 to replace the Book of Common Prayer ....
      , adopted in certain areas of the Church of England in the 17th century
    • Book of Common Prayer
      Book of Common Prayer

      The Book of Common Prayer is the common title of a number of prayer books of the Church of England and used throughout the Anglican Communion. The first book, published in 1549 , in the reign of Edward VI of England, was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Roman Catholic Church....
       (BCP), first published in 1549 for the Church of England
  • Book of Hours
    Book of Hours

    File:Boucicaut-Meister.jpgFile:Meester van Catharina van Kleef - Getijdenboek van de Meester van Catharina van Kleef4.jpgThe book of hours is the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript....
    , in the Eastern Orthodox Church
  • Siddur
    Siddur

    A siddur is a Judaism prayer book, containing a set order of List of Jewish prayers and blessings. This article discusses how some of these prayers evolved, and how the siddur, as we know it today has developed....
    , in Judaism
  • Saint Augustine's Prayer Book, in the Episcopal Church
  • Vatican Croatian Prayer Book
    Vatican Croatian Prayer Book

    Vatican Croatian Prayer Book is the oldest Croatian vernacular prayer book and the finest example of early Shtokavian dialect Vernacular literature idiom....
    , a Croatian vernacular prayer book


Prayer book may also refer to:
  • Operation Prayer Book
    Operation Prayer Book

    Prayer Book was a series of military plans operations in Panama drawn up beginning in April 1988 as relations between the United States and Panama deteriorated....
    , a series of four operation orders carried out during the United States invasion of Panama
  • Prayer Book Rebellion
    Prayer Book Rebellion

    The Prayer Book Rebellion, Prayer Book Revolt, Prayer Book Rising, Western Rising or Western Rebellion was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon, in 1549....
    , a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon in 1549 as a result of the BCP
  • Prayer Book Society of Canada
    Prayer Book Society of Canada

    The Prayer Book Society of Canada or PBS is an organization within the Anglican Church of Canada which "promotes the understanding and use of the Book of Common Prayer as a spiritual system of nurture for life in Christ"....
    , an organization within the Anglican Church of Canada which promotes the understanding and use of the BCP