Book of Common Prayer
Anglican worship text
The Book of Common Prayer is the official liturgical text of the Church of England and other Anglican churches, containing prayers, services, and rites for public worship.
First compiled in 1549, it standardized English-language worship and shaped the cadence of religious expression for centuries: The priest read from the Book of Common Prayer.
Its language influenced English prose broadly.
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- EpiscopalU.S. Anglican denomination
- CanterburyHistoric English ecclesiastical seat
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
Elizabethan · Edward VI · Henry VIII · Protestantism · Thirty-Nine Articles · vestments · surplice · rubric
Religious reverence and praise
- faithTrust without proof
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
piety · meditation · contemplation · intercession · confession · thanksgiving · supplication · benediction
Second-person object, antiquated
- thouArchaic second-person pronoun
- thyOld possessive pronoun
- thineYours, archaically
- vouchsafeGrant with condescension
beseech · henceforth · wherefore · hitherto · albeit · cadence · solemnity · majesty
Autumn gratitude holiday
- solemnizationFormal ceremony performance
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- unctionExaggerated earnest manner
Sacrament of bread and wine
- MagnificatMary's biblical hymn
- KyrieLiturgical appeal to God
- GloriaHymn praising God
- rubricsScoring standards for evaluation
Thomas Cranmer
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- EpiscopalU.S. Anglican denomination
- CanterburyHistoric English ecclesiastical seat
Reformation · Elizabethan · Edward VI · Henry VIII · Protestantism · Thirty-Nine Articles · vestments · surplice · rubric · parish church
worship
Religious reverence and praise
sanctity · piety · meditation · contemplation · intercession · confession · thanksgiving · supplication · benediction · grace
thee
Second-person object, antiquated
vouchsafe · beseech · henceforth · wherefore · hitherto · albeit · cadence · solemnity · majesty · dignified
Thanksgiving
Autumn gratitude holiday
- solemnizationFormal ceremony performance
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- unctionExaggerated earnest manner
Holy Communion
Sacrament of bread and wine
- MagnificatMary's biblical hymn
- KyrieLiturgical appeal to God
- GloriaHymn praising God
- ReformationMartin Luther, John Calvin, 95 Theses, Protestant Reformation, Luther
- British ReligionAnglican, Church of Scotland, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey
- Christian textsBible, New Testament, Old Testament, gospel, psalm
- church suppliesBible, hymnal, hymnals, communion cups, communion cup
- devotional textspsalm, hymnal, breviary, missal, litany
- English ChurchEnglish Reformation, Church of England, Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer
Book of Common PrayerCouncil of Trent
Catholic ecclesiastical congress addressing reformation
common, prayer, commonly, uncommon, commonplace, prayed, praying