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BREVIARY (Lat. _breviarium_, abridgment, epitome), the book which contains the offices for the canonical hours, _i. e._ the daily service of the Roman
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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He found the priest piously reading his _breviarium_ (his book of daily prayers); and admired the charity and promptitude with which his good pastor, in that dark and chilly night, was ready to leave his warm and comfortable parsonage at the first appeal of the sick.
The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional Father Chiniquy
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In the twelfth century the catalogue of the library of Durham Cathedral includes "a little travelling breviary" (breviarium parvum itinerarium).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Cresconius is preceded by an index or table of contents (breviarium) of the titles, first edited in 1588 by Pithou.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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It is unnecessary to do more than briefly refer to those facts touching the policy and intentions of Augustus which have been skillfully collected and marshaled by a long succession of writers on this subject — his general survey of the whole empire: the rationes imperii, “a sort of balance sheet published periodically”: the libellus or breviarium totius imperii, a compendium of useful statistics about the kingdoms, the provinces, the allies, etc.
Was Christ Born in Bethlehem? 1851-1939 1898
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Haec autem dicens beatus Franciscus cum magno fervore spiritus accepit de cinere et posuit super caput suum, et ducendo manum super caput suum in circuitu sicut ille qui lavat caput, dicebat: "Ego breviarium! ego breviarium!" et sic reiteravit multoties ducendo manum per caput.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams 1878
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In patriam reversus breviarium historiæ naturalis novi orbis scripsit sub titulo de tribus elementis aëre, aqua, et terra, MS. apud eundem
The Botanical Magazine Vol. 8 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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Bartholomei Anglici breviarium, seu de proprietatibus rerum. pergameno, fº.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts John Dee 1567
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_ -- Besides the authorities mentioned above, he used a _breviarium rerum omnium Romanarum_ prepared for him by the grammarian Ateius (Sueton.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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"Coelibatus et breviarium, duo gravissima clericorum officia", etc. (7 vols.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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