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[ condensations, and the addition of a number of addre es to the people. English was substituted for Latin, all the offices were united in one book, and a uniform use was established for the whole Church of England. Succe ive revisions were made in 1552, 1559, and 1662. The greatest changes were those introduced in the Second Prayer-book of Edward VI. (1552), especially in the communion office (see communion ) and at confirmation and burial. This book never came into actual use, but was in the main followed in the revision under Elizabeth in 1559 and in the present English book as i ued in 1662, after the restoration of Charles II., but with material modifications, especially in 1662, returning toward the standard of 1549. The Prayer book authorized in 1637 for use in Scotland, and differing from the English book mainly in the communion office, met with serious opposition at the time, but came into use afterward in the Scotch Episcopal Church. The American Prayer-book, authorized in 1789, differs from the English mainly in the omi ion of the A than asian Creed and of the form of private absolution in the visitation of the sick, the restoration of the great oblation and invocation to their primitive places in the prayer of consecration (see consecration ), and the later addition of the offices of consecration of churches and institution of ministers. In 1886 a new revision took place, resulting chiefly in a return to the English book in several points, and this revision is still (1890) in progre . The Psalter, Ordinal, and Thirty-nine Articles are always bound with the Book of Common Prayer, and usually considered parts of it, IMG:content-0800.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0801.jpg:[blocks in formation] Commendatory, common, Lord's, pa ive, etc., prayer. See the qualifying words.-Hours of prayer. Same as as canonical hours (which see, under canonical ). House of prayer. See house of God, under house1.Prayer of humble acce . See acce . The long prayer, in non-liturgical churches, the chief prayer of or before the hymn preparatory to the sermon. Also called pastoral prayer . To lead in prayer. See lead1 .=Syn. Prayer , Petition , Request , Entreaty , Supplication , Suit , Ap peal , invocation, orison. Prayer is always addre ed to God, but a prayer may be addre ed to a sovereign, legislative body, court, or the like, always to a person or body recognized as having authority in some way, and asking for something especially important. A petition may be a single point in a prayer : thus, the Lord's Prayer contains one addre , three loyal desires, four petitions , and a closing ascription. A petition may also be a formal and public request or prayer , but still generally covering only a single thing desired. Request is the most general and least forcible of these words, indicating nothing as to the degree of formality of the act or as to the rank of the persons concerned. An entreaty is an urgent, perhaps tender, request, generally from and to a person. A supplication is still more urgent, the request being made with pa ion, and humbly, as to a superior. The word entreaty is not often followed by the mention of that which is desired, but may be: as, entreaty for aid. A suit is a petition or an entreaty prolonged for any reason: hence we speak of a lover's suit or a suit at law. An appeal is an urgent request, of the nature of a call or demand. See ask1 . service. offered just before the sermon, IMG:content-0802.png:[blocks in formation] prayer-mill (prar'mil), n . Same as praying- wheel. prayer-monger (prar'mung"gėr), n. One who offers prayers. [Contemptuous.] I have led Some camel-kneed prayer - monger through the cave. Southey , Thalaba, v. 34. prayer-rug (prar'rug), n. Arug or small car- pet intended to be spread on the floor of a mosque, the roof of a house, or the ground by a Moslem when engaged in his devotions. He stands on it, with his face turned toward Mecca, and most elaborately plumed. I have attempted one by one the lords, With supplication prone and father's tears, To accept of ransom for my son their prisoner. They make great sute to serue her. Milton , S. A., 1. 1459. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 77. Meanwhile must be an earnest motion Made to the queen, to call back her appeal She intends unto his holine . Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 4. 234.