breviary
breviary
[ˈbriːvɪəri]
(pl. -ies)
[ˈbriːvɪəri]
(pl. -ies)
- a book containing the service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in the Roman Catholic Church
（天主教的）祈祷书，每日祷告
- late Middle English (also denoting an abridged version of the Psalms): from Latin breviarium 'summary, abridgement', from breviare 'abridge', from brevis 'short, brief'
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