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Word: Breviary
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (also denoting an abridged version of the Psalms): from Latin breviarium ‘summary, abridgement’, from breviare ‘abridge’, from brevis ‘short, brief’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbriːvɪəri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a book containing the service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in the Roman Catholic Church.
Short Definition:book containing service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in Roman Catholic Church
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