evangeliary

American  

[ee-van-jel-ee-er-ee, -ee-uh-ree, ev-uhn-] / ˌi vænˈdʒɛl iˌɛr i, -i ə ri, ˌɛv ən- /

noun

plural

evangeliaries

1. evangelistary.

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Etymology

Origin of evangeliary

< Medieval Latin evangelārium; evangel ¹, -ary

Example Sentences

They are chiefly in Armenian, Hebrew, and Arabic, with three volumes in Æthiopic, a Samaritan Pentateuch, and a Persian Evangeliary.

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And therefore we seize on one letter among those of the latter part of the eighth century, because of the frequency of its occurrence in the Gospel-book or Evangeliary, one of the commonest books of the time.

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Delisle's brochure on the Evangeliary of St. Vaast of Arras gives us a copious account of the Franco-Saxon branch of it.

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In certain of the illustrations, as, for instance, the “Fountain of Life,” there is at once a likeness and a variation as compared with the same symbol in the Evangeliary of St. Sernin.

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The externals of the Ada-Codex are very costly, its binding being a late Gothic pendant to the cover of the Echternach Evangeliary at Gotha.

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