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Lord's Prayer

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Lord's Prayer

In the New Testament, the prayer taught by Jesus to his disciples. It is sometimes called ‘Our Father’ or ‘Paternoster’ from the opening words in English and Latin respectively.

The Lord's Prayer is frequently used in the Christian church and is usually the first prayer a Christian child is taught. It is one of the prayers said by Roman Catholics and some Anglicans when reciting the rosary.



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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.
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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
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