Prayer-book
51Book of Alternative Services — The Book of Alternative Services (BAS) is the contemporary language liturgical book used alongside the Book of Common Prayer (1962) (BCP) in a number of parishes of the Anglican Church of Canada. Unlike the BCP, it uses the Revised Common… …
52prayer — 1. n. 1 a a solemn request or thanksgiving to God or an object of worship (say a prayer). b a formula or form of words used in praying (the Lord s prayer). c the act of praying (be at prayer). d a religious service consisting largely of prayers… …
53Book of Advertisements — The Book of Advertisements was a series of enactments concerning Anglican ecclesiastical matters, drawn up by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (1559 1575), with the help of Edmund Grindal, Robert Horne, Richard Cox, and Nicholas… …
54Book of Common Prayer — noun the book setting out the content and administration of worship in the Church of England, instituted in 1559, revised in 1662; the Anglican Church of Australia has also authorised An Australian Prayer Book (1978) and A Prayer Book for… …
55Book of Psalms — noun 1. an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of 150 Psalms • Syn: ↑Psalms • Instance Hypernyms: ↑book • Part Holonyms: ↑Hagiographa, ↑Ketubim, ↑Writings, ↑Old Testament …
56book — bookless, adj. booklike, adj. /book/, n. 1. a written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. 2. a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing,… …
57book — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. volume, tome (See book); collection; record, script, libretto. See assemblage, writing. v. t. record, enter; re serve, schedule, engage, program; charge. See list, accusation. @by the book informal …
58book of hours — a book containing the prescribed order of prayers, readings from Scripture, and rites for the canonical hours. Also, Book of Hours. * * * ▪ prayer book devotional book widely popular in the later Middle Ages. The book of hours began to appear in …
59Book of Cerne — The Book of Cerne (Cambridge University Library, MS L1. 1. 10) is a ninth century Anglo Saxon prayer book. It was apparently made between 820 and 840 for Bishop Æthelwold of Lichfield (818 30). It is the only surviving illuminated manuscript that …
60Book of Tobias — Tobias † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Tobias We shall first enumerate the various Biblical persons and then treat the book of this name. I. PERSONS A. Tobias (II Par., xvii, 8). Heb. tobyyahu Yahweh is good ; Sept. Tobias, one …
