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Book of Common Prayer
The book used in worship by the Anglican Communion; it has had several revisions since the Reformation, and different versions exist for different countries.
‡ The Book of Common Prayer, widely admired for the dignity and beauty of its language, has had a strong effect on the worship of Protestants outside the Anglican Communion, many of whom have borrowed its expressions. Most traditional Protestant wedding ceremonies, for example, follow the pattern of the Book of Common Prayer very closely.
