breviary

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WOTD – 1 March 2009

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Etymology

From Latin breviārium (“summary”) (compare abbreviation), ultimately from brevis (“short”). Doublet of brevier and brimborion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛv.ɪ.əɹ.i/, /ˈbɹiː.vɪ.əɹ.i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛv.i.ɛɹ.i/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiː.və.ɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

breviary (plural breviaries)

2. A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.
   • 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 95:

     Sister took out her breviary and said her evening office.

3. (obsolete) A brief statement or summary.

Hyponyms

• (personal prayer book): psalter (Catholicism)

Translations

a book containing prayers and hymns

Armenian: ծիսարան (hy) (cisaran) Belarusian: брэвія́рый m (brevijáryj) Bulgarian: молитвеник m (molitvenik), требник m (trebnik) Chinese: Mandarin: 祈祷书 (qídǎoshū) Czech: breviář (cs) m Danish: breviar Dutch: brevier (nl) n Esperanto: breviero Finnish: rukouskirja (fi), breviario, hetkirukouskirja French: bréviaire (fr) m Georgian: კურთხევანი (ḳurtxevani) German: Brevier (de) n Hungarian: breviárium (hu) Italian: breviario (it) m Latvian: breviārs (lv) Macedonian: тре́бник m (trébnik), бревија́р m (brevijár), ча́сослов m (čásoslov), моли́твеник m (molítvenik), о́бредник m (óbrednik) Polish: brewiarz (pl) m Portuguese: breviário (pt) m, livro de horas m Punjabi: ਗੁਟਕਾ m (guṭkā) Romanian: breviar (ro) n Russian: тре́бник (ru) m (trébnik), (Catholic) бревиа́рий (ru) m (breviárij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: часослов m, молитвеник m Roman: časoslov (sh) m, molitvenik (sh) m Slovak: breviár (sk) m Spanish: breviario (es) m Ukrainian: бревіа́рій m (breviárij)