prayer card
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]prayer card (plural prayer cards)
- Synonym of holy card
- (UK, politics) In the House of Commons, a card reserving a seat for a backbencher during prayers and for the rest of the day.
- 2009, Dennis Canavan, Let the People Decide: The Autobiography of Dennis Canavan:
- Normally sittings of the House of Commons begin with prayers and, at intervals along the back of each bench, there are little brass frames for holding prayer cards.