breviary

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bre·vi·ar·y / ˈbrēvēˌerē; ˈbrev-/ • n. (pl. -ar·ies) a book containing the service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in the Roman Catholic Church.

breviary

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breviary a book containing the service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in the Roman Catholic Church. The word is recorded from late Middle English (when it also denoted an abridged version of the psalms), and comes from Latin breviarium ‘summary, abridgement’, ultimately from brevis ‘short, brief’.

breviary

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breviary †epitome XVI; (eccl.) book containing the Divine Office for the year XV. — L. breviārium summary, abridgement. f. breviāre abridge, ABBREVIATE.

Breviary

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Breviary. The book containing the divine office of the Roman Catholic Church.

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