- Lord’s Prayer
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(also Our Father)
the prayer taught by Jesus in the Bible to his followers, beginning ‘Our Father’. It is often used in church services and most Christians in Britain and the US know all the words.
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Lord’s Prayer
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Lord's Prayer — • Although the Latin term oratio dominica is of early date, the phrase Lord s Prayer does not seem to have been generally familiar in England before the Reformation. During the Middle Ages the Our Father was always said in Latin, even by the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Lord's Prayer — n the Lord s Prayer the most important prayer of the Christian religion … Dictionary of contemporary English
Lord's Prayer — Lord s′ Prayer′ [[t]prɛər[/t]] n. rel the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4 … From formal English to slang
Lord's Prayer — n. the prayer beginning Our Father, which Jesus taught his disciples: Matt. 6:9 13 … English World dictionary
Lord's Prayer — For alternative meanings, see: Lord s Prayer (disambiguation), Our Father (disambiguation), and Pater Noster (disambiguation). The Sermon on the Mount by Carl Heinrich Bloch The Lord s Prayer (also called the Pater Noster[1] … Wikipedia
Lord's Prayer — noun the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9 13) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑prayer • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Paternoster • Part Holonyms: ↑Sermon on the Mount * * * the /prair/ … Useful english dictionary
Lord's Prayer — the /prair/ the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9 13; Luke 11:2 4. [1540 50] * * * Prayer taught by Jesus to his disciples and used by all Christians as the basic prayer in common worship.… … Universalium
Lord's Prayer — The name given to the only form of prayer Christ taught his disciples (Matt. 6:9 13). The closing doxology of the prayer is omitted by Luke (11:2 4), also in the R.V. of Matt. 6:13. This prayer contains no allusion to the atonement of Christ,… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Lord's Prayer — N PROPER: the N The Lord s Prayer is a Christian prayer that was originally taught by Jesus Christ to his followers … English dictionary
Lord's Prayer — noun the Lord s Prayer the most important prayer of the Christian religion … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Lord's Prayer (disambiguation) — Lord s Prayer may refer to: *Lord s Prayer, a prayer that Jesus of Nazareth taught his disciples *The Lord s Prayer (song), a 1935 song by Albert Hay Malotte *The Lord s Prayer (Sister Janet Mead song), a 1973 song and album recorded by Sister… … Wikipedia
