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Definition of breviary noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

breviary

noun
 
/ˈbriːviəri/
 
/ˈbriːvieri/
(plural breviaries)
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  1. a book containing the words of the service for each day in the Roman Catholic church
    Word Originlate Middle English (also denoting an abridged version of the Psalms): from Latin breviarium ‘summary, abridgement’, from breviare ‘abridge’, from brevis ‘short, brief’.
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