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BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
service book (a book setting forth the forms of church service)
Meronyms (parts of "Book of Common Prayer"):
Book of Psalms; Psalter (a collection of Psalms for liturgical use)
Litany (a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation)
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