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

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

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

At 1 he lunches in his upstairs apartment, at 1:30 he reads his breviary.

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