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breviary

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WOTD – 1 March 2009
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Etymology

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FromLatinbreviārium(summary) (compareabbreviation), ultimately frombrevis(short).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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breviary (pluralbreviaries)

  1. Abook containingprayers,hymns, and so on foreveryday use at thecanonical hours.
    • 2009,Jennifer Worth,Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page95:
      Sister took out herbreviary and said her evening office.
  2. (obsolete) A brief statement orsummary.

Hyponyms

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  • (personal prayer book):psalter(Catholicism)

Translations

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a book containing prayers and hymns
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