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

At the request of their priests, some bishops will push for a drastic shortening of the breviary, the collections of psalms, verses and readings that ordained clerics must recite every day.

From Time Magazine Archive

Concealed in his saddlebags he carried a Mass kit and a Latin breviary.

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

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