Phrase guide

prayer book

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A book containing religious prayers, and sometimes also the instructions for church services (e.g., calls and responses).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: breviary, liturgy, missal, portal, portass, psalter, church service

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: breviary, liturgy, missal, portal, portass, psalter, church service

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The Book of Common Prayer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: when capitalized

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A small holystone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a book containing prayers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prayerbook

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: book

Narrower terms: breviary, missal, Psalter, Book of Psalms

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: աղոթագիրք (aġotʻagirkʻ) — book
  • Belarusian: малі́твеннік (malítvjennik) — book
  • Belarusian: маліто́ўнік (malitównik) — book
  • Bulgarian: моли́твеник (molítvenik) — book
  • Bulgarian: тре́бник (trébnik) — book
  • Bulgarian: часосло́в (časoslóv) — book
  • Chinese Mandarin: 祈禱書 /祈祷书 (qídǎoshū) — book
  • Czech: modlitebník — book
  • Danish: bønnebog — book
  • Dutch: misboek — book
  • Dutch: missaal — book
  • Dutch: gebedenboek — book
  • Estonian: palveraamat — book
  • Finnish: rukouskirja — book
  • French: missel — book
  • French: eucologe — book
  • Georgian: კურთხევანი (ḳurtxevani) — book
  • German: Gebetbuch — book
  • Greek: ευχολόγιο (efchológio) — book
  • Greek: προσευχητάριο (prosefchitário) — book
  • Ancient Greek: εὐχολόγιον (eukhológion) — book
  • Ancient Greek: προσευχητάριον (proseukhētárion) — book
  • Hungarian: imakönyv — book
  • Italian: messale — book
  • Japanese: 祈祷書 (kitōsho) — book
  • Kashubian: mòdlëtwnik — book
  • Korean: 기도서 (gidoseo) — book
  • Latvian: lūgšanu grāmata — book
  • Ligurian: breviâio — book
  • Lithuanian: maldaknygė — book
  • Macedonian: моли́твеник (molítvenik) — book
  • Macedonian: тре́бник (trébnik) — book
  • Macedonian: ча́сослов (čásoslov) — book
  • Māori: pukapuka karakia — book
  • Māori: rāwiri — book
  • Maranao: parokonan — book
  • Norman: litourgie — book
  • Norman: livre d'priéthes — book
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bønnebok — book
  • Occitan: missal — book
  • Occitan: missau — book
  • Pannonian Rusyn: молитвенїк (molitvenjik) — book
  • Polish: modlitewnik — book
  • Polish: skarbczyk — book
  • Portuguese: missal — book
  • Portuguese: livro de orações — book
  • Romanian: carte de rugăciuni — book
  • Romanian: molitvelnic — book
  • Russian: моли́твенник (molítvennik) — book
  • Russian: часосло́в (časoslóv) — book
  • Russian: тре́бник (trébnik) — book
  • Serbo-Croatian: молитвѐнӣк — book
  • Serbo-Croatian: ча̏словац — book
  • Serbo-Croatian: ча̏сослов — book
  • Serbo-Croatian: molitvènīk — book
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȁslovac — book
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȁsoslov — book
  • Shan: ပပ်ႉဝႆႈ ၽြႃး (pâ̰p wāi phráa) — book
  • Slovak: modlitebník — book
  • Slovene: molitvenik — book
  • Spanish: devocionario — book
  • Swedish: bönebok — book
  • Tagalog: misal — book
  • Thai: สมุดทําวัตร — book
  • Thai: หนังสือสวดมนต์ — book
  • Turkish: dua kitabı — book
  • Ukrainian: молито́вник (molytóvnyk) — book
  • Vietnamese: quyển kinh — book
  • Vietnamese: sách kính — book