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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

After that he exercises by walking along the Apostolic Palace's rooftop terrace while reciting the rosary and reading his breviary.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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