Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A book containing the hymns, offices, and prayers for the canonical hours.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abridgment; a compend; an epitome.
- noun In the Roman Catholic Church, a book containing the daily offices which all who are in major orders are bound to read.
- noun A name given to similar compilations used in the Greek and Oriental churches.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.
- noun A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical hours, namely, matins and lauds, the first, third, sixth, and ninth hours, vespers, and compline; -- distinguished from the
missal .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
book containingprayers ,hymns , and so on foreveryday use at thecanonical hours . - noun obsolete A brief statement or
summary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders
Etymologies
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Examples
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And this is the evening prayer of that, what we call the breviary, or the divine office.
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The Roman Martyrology, like the breviary, is a liturgical book proper.
The Roman Empire, the Early Christian Martyrs and a Thought about the Martyrology 2009
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This said, over the years I have heard it said on a few occasions that the breviary is simply too time-consuming for non-clergy and non-religious to possibly take on.
More on the Divine Office: Private Recitation by the Laity 2009
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Sirrah, page, bring me here my drawer (for so he called his breviary); stay a little here; haul, friend, thus.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Sirrah, page, bring me here my drawer (for so he called his breviary); stay a little here; haul, friend, thus.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Sirrah, page, bring me here my drawer (for so he called his breviary); stay
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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In the second instance, these matters bring us to an extension of our recent consideration of the importance of the breviary, which is the further consideration of the Martyrlogium Romanum or Roman Martyrology.
The Roman Empire, the Early Christian Martyrs and a Thought about the Martyrology 2009
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Both writers do not hesitate to admit that the breviary is the great source of the Church of England's
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs
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Thus, he says that the Sioux called his breviary a "bad spirit" -- _Ouackanché_.
France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 Francis Parkman 1858
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Soon afterwards I was delighted to receive from him a quarto parchment "breviary," containing a dozen ballads, long and short, engrossed in his exquisitely fine handwriting, and illuminated with colored borders and drawings by the poet himself.
The Holy Cross and Other Tales Eugene Field 1872
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