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

Father Laberge removed his shoes, climbed into his upper berth, and began reading his breviary.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Then with Father Angelus, his secretary, he read his breviary before reading and decoding the day's dispatches.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the wall hung a little cupboard which held Brother Luke’s few personal belongings and his breviary.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli