Definition of breviary
- n. - An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or
summary.
- n. - A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers
of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical
hours, namely, matins and lauds, the first, third, sixth, and ninth
hours, vespers, and compline; -- distinguished from the missal.
- n. - An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or
summary.
- n. - A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers
of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical
hours, namely, matins and lauds, the first, third, sixth, and ninth
hours, vespers, and compline; -- distinguished from the missal.