BREVIARY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("breviary" is a kind of...):

prayer book; prayerbook (a book containing prayers)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

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