breviary

English

WOTD – 1 March 2009

Etymology

From Latin breviārium (“summary”) (compare abbreviation), ultimately from brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛv.ɪ.əɹ.i/, /ˈbɹiː.vɪ.əɹ.i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛv.i.ɛɹ.i/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiː.və.ɹi/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

breviary (plural breviaries)

1. A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.
   • 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 95:

     Sister took out her breviary and said her evening office.

2. (obsolete) A brief statement or summary.

Hyponyms

• (personal prayer book): psalter (Catholicism)

Translations

a book containing prayers and hymns

• Armenian: ծիսարան (hy) (cisaran)
• Belarusian: брэвія́рый m (brevijáryj)
• Bulgarian: молитвеник m (molitvenik), требник m (trebnik)
• Czech: breviář (cs) m
• Danish: breviar
• Dutch: brevier (nl) n
• Esperanto: breviero
• Finnish: rukouskirja (fi)
• French: bréviaire (fr) m
• Georgian: კურთხევანი (ḳurtxevani)
• German: Brevier (de) n
• Hungarian: breviárium (hu)
• Italian: breviario (it) m
• Latvian: breviārs (lv)
• Macedonian: тре́бник m (trébnik), бревија́р m (brevijár), ча́сослов m (čásoslov), моли́твеник m (molítvenik), о́бредник m (óbrednik)
• Polish: brewiarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: breviário (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਗੁਟਕਾ m (guṭkā)
• Romanian: breviar (ro) n
• Russian: тре́бник (ru) m (trébnik), (Catholic) бревиа́рий (ru) m (breviárij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: часослов m, молитвеник m

  Roman: časoslov (sh) m, molitvenik (sh) m

• Slovak: breviár (sk) m
• Spanish: breviario (es) m
• Ukrainian: бревіа́рій m (breviárij)