Book of Common Prayer
Example Sentences
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It means the wording, first introduced five years ago, will now be added to the Book of Common Prayer – which includes the standard form for the Church in Wales' common prayers and blessings.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The ironic title of “In Our Time” comes from the Book of Common Prayer: “Give peace in our time, O Lord.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
The texts she chose were “remarkably dour,” Malloy went on to explain, and they were not from the contemporary edition of the Book of Common Prayer, but from an older, more ornate printing.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022
The ceremony ended with the reading from the Book of Common Prayer that we are all from dust, and to dust we shall return.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2018
Stealthily Camilla leaned to one side and began to slip off her shoe, but before she could, Charles had killed it with a resounding thwack from The Book of Common Prayer.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
