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Lord's Prayer

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Lord's Prayer  (prâr)
n. Christianity
The prayer taught by Jesus to his disciples. Also called Our Father.
Lord's Prayer
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the. the prayer taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples, as in Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:2-4 Also called Our Father (esp Latin version) Paternoster
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Noun1.Lord's PrayerLord's Prayer - the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13)
Sermon on the Mount - the first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49)


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He took this Indian into his family, and by constant intercourse with him soon become sufficiently conversant with the vocabulary and construction of the language to translate the ten commandments, the Lord's prayer, and several passages of Scripture, besides composing exhortations and prayers.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
A man will not be tempted to say the Lord's Prayer backward to please the devil, if he doesn't want the devil's services.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
She duly went on with the Lord's Prayer, the children lisping it after her in a thin gnat-like wail, till, at the conclusion, raising their voices to clerk's pitch, they again piped into silence, "Amen
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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