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breviary
[ bree-vee-er-ee, brev-ee- ]
noun
, plural bre·vi·ar·ies.
- Roman Catholic Church. a book containing all the daily psalms, hymns, prayers, lessons, etc., necessary for reciting the office.
- a book of daily prayers and readings in some other churches.
breviary
/ ˈbriːvjərɪ /
noun
- RC Church a book of psalms, hymns, prayers, etc, to be recited daily by clerics in major orders and certain members of religious orders as part of the divine office
- a similar book in the Orthodox Church
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of breviary1
C16: from Latin breviārium an abridged version, from breviāre to shorten, from brevis short
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Example Sentences
A young priest was standing there overlooking the operations of some workmen, and muttering his breviary.
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He knelt down as he said this, and with trembling lips and tearful eyes recited some verses from his breviary.
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He sat with knitted brows at the foot of a bush, and nervously turned the pages of his breviary.
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A Roman Breviary lay open on a velvet-covered table before the crucifix.
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After he had thoroughly broken his fast, he went to church; and they carried for him, in a great basket, a huge breviary.
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