Aprayer book is a book containingprayers and perhaps devotional readings, for private or communal use, or in some cases, outlining the liturgy of religious services. Books containing mainly orders of religious services, or readings for them are termed "service books" or "liturgical books", and are thus not prayer-books in the strictest sense, but the term is often used very loosely. A religion'sscriptures might also be considered prayer books as well.
InJudaism, theSiddur is a prayer book "containing the three daily prayers; also the prayers for Shabbat,Rosh-Chodesh and the festivals."[1]
Breviaries are prayer books used in many Christian denominations by believers topray atfixed prayer times thecanonical hours seven times a day, a practice that has its roots inPsalm 119:164.[4]
Throughout the year, and especially during certain seasons of the Christianliturgical kalendar such asAdvent andLent, many Christians pray adaily devotional, which contains a prayer for each day along with a reflection on a passage from theChristian Bible.
The following are among the many books to which the term may loosely refer in various churches, although in strict usage a prayer book is likely to mean a miscellaneous book of prayers as opposed to the standard service books as listed in the last group below:
General
Breviaries
The canonical prayer book inMandaeism is theQulasta.
Prayers 7 times a day are enjoined, and the most strict among the Copts recite one of more of the Psalms of David each time they pray. They always wash their hands and faces before devotions, and turn to the East.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)We pray standing upright while facing East as we collect our thoughts on God.
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