A prayer book is a book outlining the liturgy of religious services. A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group according to their particular traditions

In this sense, it may carry the following specific names in various religions:

• Breviary, in Roman Catholicism
• Agenda (liturgy), in Lutheranism
• Common Worship, in Anglicanism
  • Alternative Service Book (adopted in 1980), in the Church of England
  • Directory of Public Worship, adopted in certain areas of the Church of England in the 17th century
  • Book of Common Prayer (BCP), first published in 1549 for the Church of England
• Book of Hours, in the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Siddur, in Judaism
• Saint Augustine's Prayer Book, in the Episcopal Church
• Vatican Croatian Prayer Book, a Croatian vernacular prayer book

Prayer book may also refer to:

• Operation Prayer Book, a series of four operation orders carried out during the United States invasion of Panama
• Prayer Book Rebellion, a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon in 1549 as a result of the BCP
• Prayer Book Society of Canada, an organization within the Anglican Church of Canada which promotes the understanding and use of the BCP

A breviary (from Latin brevis, 'short' or 'concise' is a Liturgical book of the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church The name Agenda (“Things to be Done” Germ. Agende or Kirchenagende) is given particularly in the Lutheran Church, to the official books Common Worship is the name given to the series of services authorised by the General Synod of the Church of England and launched on the first Sunday of Advent The Alternative Service Book 1980 (ASB was the first complete prayer book produced by the Church of England since 1662 The Directory for Public Worship (known in Scotland as the Westminster Directory having been approved by the Scottish Parliament in 1645 was a manual of directions for worship The Book of Common Prayer is the common title of a number of prayer books of the Church of England and used throughout the Anglican Communion. A book of hours is the most common type of surviving Medieval Illuminated manuscript. A siddur ( Hebrew: סידור plural siddurim) is a Jewish Prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers. Saint Augustine's Prayer Book is an Anglo-Catholic devotional book published for members of the Episcopal Church by the Anglican monastic community the Vatican Croatian Prayer Book is the oldest Croatian vernacular prayer book and the finest example of early štokavian vernacular literary idiom Prayer Book was a series of military plans operations in Panama drawn up beginning in April 1988 as relations between the United States and Panama deteriorated The Prayer Book Rebellion, Western Rising or Western Rebellion was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon, in 1549 The Prayer Book Society of Canada is an organization within the Anglican Church of Canada which "promotes the understanding and use of the Book of Common Prayer

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