Breviary (Noun)
Meaning
(Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The monks gathered in the chapel to recite vespers from their breviary.
- She had been given a worn leather breviary by her great-aunt, a nun who had prayed from it for decades.
- As a member of a Carmelite order, Sister Maria spent hours each day reading from her breviary.
- The breviary on his nightstand was dog-eared from years of daily use, its pages yellowed with age.
- To prepare for his ordination, Father John had been required to learn the Latin texts of the breviary.