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The subject of this paper is the analysis of linguistic features of the 19th- Century prayer book. The features in question distinguish the analyzed text from contemporary prayers. The differences are to a minor extent observable in the spelling, more frequently in inflection and syntax. The least differences can be observed in vocabulary which, despite being classified in Doroszewski’s dictionary as archaic, is usually preserved in modem prayers, with the exception of a number of words that are no longer in use in contemporary language. The religious language is more conservative and does not undergo changes as rapidly as the general language.