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PRAYERBOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prayerbook mean? 

PRAYERBOOK (noun)
  The noun PRAYERBOOK has 1 sense:

1. a book containing prayersplay

  Familiarity information: PRAYERBOOK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAYERBOOK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A book containing prayers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

prayer book; prayerbook

Hypernyms ("prayerbook" is a kind of...):

book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prayerbook"):

breviary ((Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders)

missal ((Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year)

Book of Psalms; Psalter (a collection of Psalms for liturgical use)


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