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  • 11Breviary, Reform of the Roman — • Article on the 1911 1913 revamping of the breviary so as to allow recitation of all of the Psalter each week. Feasts were also ranked according to liturgical importance, and some offices were no longer obligatory or were even suppressed… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 12Breviary, Aberdeen — • Described as the Sarum Office in a Scottish form Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 13Breviary of Alaric — The Breviary of Alaric ( Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum ) is a collection of Roman law, compiled by order of Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, with the advice of his bishops and nobles, in the year 506, the twenty second year… …

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  • 14breviary — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Middle English breviarie, from Medieval Latin breviarium, from Latin, summary, from brevis Date: 15th century 1. often capitalized a. a book of the prayers, hymns, psalms, and readings for the canonical hours …

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  • 15breviary — noun /ˈbrɛv.ɪ.əɹ.i,ˈbriː.vɪ.əɹ.i,ˈbrɛv.i.ɛɹ.i, A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours …

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  • 16Breviary — The service book containing the service for each day; the complete collection of divine offices, thus obviating the need for separate books of prayers and psalms. The *mendicant preachers and friars of the 13c were among the first clerics to make …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 17BREVIARY —    a book containing the daily services in the Roman Catholic Church and corresponding to the English Prayer Book; differs from the Missal, which gives the services connected with the celebration of the Eucharist, and the Pontifical, which gives… …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 18breviary — bre|vi|ar|y [ brivi,eri ] noun count a book of prayers used in the Roman Catholic Church …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19breviary — see BRIEF …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 20breviary — book containing daily church service Ecclesiastical Terms …

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