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breviary

/bree-vee-er-ee, brev-ee-/US // ˈbri viˌɛr i, ˈbrɛv i- //UK // (ˈbriːvjərɪ) //

小册子,祷文,诵经书

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bre·vi·ar·ies.

    • : Roman Catholic Church. a book containing all the daily psalms, hymns, prayers, lessons, etc., necessary for reciting the office.
    • : a book of daily prayers and readings in some other churches.

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Examples

  • A young priest was standing there overlooking the operations of some workmen, and muttering his breviary.

  • He knelt down as he said this, and with trembling lips and tearful eyes recited some verses from his breviary.

  • He sat with knitted brows at the foot of a bush, and nervously turned the pages of his breviary.

  • A Roman Breviary lay open on a velvet-covered table before the crucifix.

  • After he had thoroughly broken his fast, he went to church; and they carried for him, in a great basket, a huge breviary.