LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Lietuviški poteriai; Poteriai; Rankraštinis tekstas; Žemaičiai; Lithuanian prayers; Manuscript; Prayers; Samogitian dialect; Zemaitian dialect; Žemaitian dialect.
ENThe article is devoted to the problem of functioning of Lithuanian prayers in dialectal surroundings. The conclusion is made that at the end of the 17th century and later Samogitians (most likely representatives of other dialects as well) said their prayers dialetically in spite of a strict requirement to observe the c a nonical text and not to move from it even in any detail. Priests tolerated such a behaviour. [From the publication]