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breviary

[ bree-vee-er-ee, brev-ee- ]

noun

plural breviaries.
  1. Roman Catholic Church. a book containing all the daily psalms, hymns, prayers, lessons, etc., necessary for reciting the office.
  2. a book of daily prayers and readings in some other churches.


breviary

/ ˈ²ú°ù¾±Ë±¹ÂáÉ™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. 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
  2. a similar book in the Orthodox Church
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of breviary1

First recorded in 1540–50, breviary is from the Latin word ²ú°ù±ð±¹¾±Äå°ù¾±³Ü³¾ an abridgment. See brevi-, -ary
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of breviary1

C16: from Latin ²ú°ù±ð±¹¾±Äå°ù¾±³Ü³¾ an abridged version, from ²ú°ù±ð±¹¾±Äå°ù±ð to shorten, from brevis short
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For decades, many people of my generation have turned to her text-driven work as a breviary of cultural and political insight.

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He had a worn leather breviary stuffed with prayers and Mass cards he’d been collecting for years, and he read through them all at the dining-room table every night during the 11 o’clock news.

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On the wall hung a little cupboard which held Brother Luke’s few personal belongings and his breviary.

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But I was deeply engaged with most of the rest of this exhibition, especially the panels that come together as a personal and secular breviary of dying.

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In later years, he served as the librarian of Durham Cathedral and passed many happy months at the Vatican Library poring over its medieval English missals and breviaries.

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