breviary

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Study the World Almanac: it is to be your breviary for a while .

From Time Magazine Archive

On the cover of the black volumes were the arms of the Cardinal Patriarch of Venice: the breviary was bought in 1956.

From Time Magazine Archive

It might be feat a service is finishing, for light comes from fee doorway behind her, an organ is playing inside, and fee lady is holding a jeweled breviary.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman