The Prayer Book Dictionary

The Prayer Book Dictionary deals with the origins, history, use, and teaching of the several authorized editions of the Book of Common Prayer within the Anglican Communion. Its scope embraces all accompanying ceremonies and supplementary rites, the ornaments of the Church and all its ministers, Church structures and fittings in their relation to worship, ecclesiastical persons and bodies, and the legislative judicial or administrative authorities in regard to the above. Over 100 scholars contributed to the dictionary.