breviaries
- plural of breviary.
Example Sentences
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Moreover, the widespread liturgical experimentation encouraged by Vatican II seriously undermined a profitable "black book" trade in breviaries, missals and hymnals.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Of that there can be no doubt," said Durtal, who rose and took leave, as Madame Bavoil, hearing the cathedral clock strike, handed to the two priests their hats and breviaries.
From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
Opposite the wall two or three priests bending over their breviaries mumbled the prayers for the dying.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
I doubt whether the two priests ever thumbed their breviaries so devoutly in their lives.
From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Coke, Henry J. (Henry John)
Koberger’s printing-house contained twenty-four presses, and employed over a hundred men, printing not only Bibles and breviaries, but also chronicles, homilies, poems, and scientific works.
From Dürer Artist-Biographies by Sweetser, M. F.
