breviary

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He had a worn leather breviary stuffed with prayers and Mass cards he’d been collecting for years, and he read through them all at the dining-room table every night during the 11 o’clock news.

From New York Times • May 26, 2020

I received no mail, read no newspapers and no books except my breviary and my Bible .

From Time Magazine Archive

His only equipment was a breviary, his Mass kit and a large parasol to protect him from the sun.

From Time Magazine Archive

It came on the day after Christmas, in 1948, when 16 political policemen armed with automatic rifles took him to their notorious Andrassy Street headquarters, stripped him of his breviary, rosary and religious habit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, breviary in hand, one of the female teachers led us in singing hymns and reciting psalms.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane