The Collaborative International Dictionary
Breviary \Bre"vi*a*ry\, n.; pl. Breviaries. [F. br['e]viarie, L. breviarium summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius abridged, fr. brevis short. See Brief, and cf. Brevier.]
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An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.
A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered.
--Holland. 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.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of breviary English)
Usage examples of "breviaries".
There was a possibility that he could find the proper instructions and breviaries and work out how to do it himself, but only if he were undisturbed.
So there are charts that show all the tunnels and chambers and their contents, and there are breviaries for the schools and the spaceship.
There's a perennial demand from the whole clergy for various books—Missals, Scripture, Breviaries, the Summa, encyclopediae, and the like.
There's a perennial demand from the whole clergy for various books--Missals, Scripture, Breviaries, the Summa, encyclopaediae, and the like.
There’s a perennial demand from the whole clergy for various books–Missals, Scripture, Breviaries, the Summa, encyclopediae, and the like.