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单词 breviary
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Definition of breviary in English:

breviary

nounPlural breviaries ˈbriːvɪəriˈbrēvēˌerē
  • A book containing the service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in the Roman Catholic Church.

    (天主教的)祈祷书;每日祷告

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I found him surrounded by scores, his breviary in his hand.
    • The Sarum breviary was reissued and ordered to be used throughout the province of Canterbury.
    • He was a small man who collected bones and breviaries.
    • This breviary became the basis for the one most commonly used in Taiwan today.
    • She was not kneeling there, breviary in hand in silent devotion.

Origin

Late Middle English (also denoting an abridged version of the Psalms): from Latin breviarium 'summary, abridgement', from breviare 'abridge', from brevis 'short, brief'.

Definition of breviary in US English:

breviary

nounˈbrēvēˌerē
  • A book containing the service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in the Roman Catholic Church.

    (天主教的)祈祷书;每日祷告

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was not kneeling there, breviary in hand in silent devotion.
    • I found him surrounded by scores, his breviary in his hand.
    • He was a small man who collected bones and breviaries.
    • This breviary became the basis for the one most commonly used in Taiwan today.
    • The Sarum breviary was reissued and ordered to be used throughout the province of Canterbury.

Origin

Late Middle English (also denoting an abridged version of the Psalms): from Latin breviarium ‘summary, abridgment’, from breviare ‘abridge’, from brevis ‘short, brief’.

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