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Meanings of breviary in English

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Usage of breviary in English
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That red rose in the snow- Ihavethe leaf in my breviary.
The Herd Boy and His Hermit
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For many centuries the faithful joined in the reciting of the breviary.
The Excellence of the Rosary / Conferences for Devotions in Hono...
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New editions of the breviary and of the Index were carefully prepared.
The Age of the Reformation
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That is a prayer worthy of the breviary of Marcus, the heretic.
Thais
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His breviary contained various interesting notes written on some of the fly-leaves.
Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners)
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I am under penance, and to-day bound to the third breviary prayers.
The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 02
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He had every reason to frown as he looked at his breviary.
Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian
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In fact we follow the letter of the monastic breviary of Saint Benedict.
En Route
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The fat priest looked up from his breviary and smiled in friendly fashion.
South Wind
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St. Julian of Mans had an office in the Sarum breviary.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
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And I never drink but in my breviary, like a fair father guardian.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1
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A old Beguine was reading her breviary in an adjoining room.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843
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He picked up his breviary, which had fallen upon the grass.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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By force of habit he had brought his breviary with him.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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Bestowing a blessing on his guest, the padre sought his breviary.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
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Atahuallpa was unimpressed and tossed the breviary of the priest to the ground.
The Irish Times
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