breviaryn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛvɪəri/,

/ˈbriːvɪəri/, U.S.

/ˈbrivjəri/,

/ˈbriviˌɛri/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s breuiarie, 1600s breauarye, breaviary, breviari.

Etymology: < Latin breviārium ‘summary, abridgement’, from neuter of breviārius adjective ‘abridged’, < brevis short.

a. A brief statement, summary, epitome. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun]

abbreviationa1464

summary1509

breve1523

bridgement1523

abbreviate1531

summulary1533

breviary1547

extract1549

digest1555

brief1563

promptuary1577

abbreviature1578

institute1578

breviation1580

breviate1581

compendiary1589

symbol1594

ramass1596

compendium1608

abridgement1609

digestment1610

digestion1613

epitome1623

abridge1634

comprisal1640

comprisurea1641

syntome1641

medulla1644

multum in parvo1653

contracta1657

landscape1656

comprehension1659

sylloge1686

contraction1697

résumé1782

compend1796

sum-up1848

roundup1884

wrap-up1960

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. Pref. f. vi Namynge this boke accordyng to the matter which is. The Breuyary of Healthe.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 545 Lucullus..layed a great wager..that he would write the breuiary of the warres of Marsicum in verse or prose.

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 24 (margin) A breuiary of the Queene of Scots discourse.

1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. x. 224 The Navy Office, Excise Office, etc. etc., are of lesser Note than can be particularized in this Breviary.

a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) Introd. 2 Hippias, the Elean..published a breviary or list of the Olympic Victors.

1801 W. Playfair (title) Statistical Breviary, showing the Resources of every State in Europe.

†b. transferred and figurative; cf. epitome n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > reproducing on a smaller scale > that which is

abstract1561

brief1563

scantling1576

miniaturea1586

compendium1602

compendiment1605

modelet1605

baby figure1609

breviary1609

modulet1610

microcosm1611

epitomea1616

compend1642

breviate1695

reduction1728

mini1978

1609 L. Andrewes Serm. II. 243 This little word is a breviary of all that good is.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xli. sig. P6^v In all which, he is but the great worlds Breviary.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar xv. §27 Christs discipline was the breviary of all the wisdom of the best men.

a. In the Roman Catholic Church, the book containing the ‘Divine Office’ for each day, which those who are in orders are bound to recite.The Office consists of psalms, collects and ‘lections’ or readings from the Scripture and the lives of the Saints. Those who are only in ‘Minor Orders’, i.e. below the grade of sub-deacon, are not required to say Office.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > breviary or office book > [noun]

houra1250

journal1355

diurnal?a1550

breviary1611

horary1631

office-book1709

horologium1724

brevial1847

horae1875

hour-book1896

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 9 What alterations haue they made..of their Seruice bookes, Portesses, and Breuiaries.

1807 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) I. 25 The psalms of a breviary, or the prayers of a missal.

1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics viii. 178 He recited his breviary.

1836 J. H. Newman in Tracts for Times No. 75 The word Breviarium first occurs in..the eleventh century, and is used to denote a compendium or systematic arrangement of the devotional offices of the Church.]

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 204 While breviaries and mass books were printed at Oxford under a royal licence..Baxter was in gaol; Howe was in exile.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > authoritative or standard book > [noun]

authority?c1225

texta1400

authentica1475

Alcoran1550

Bible1804

breviary1826

standard1837

1826 C. Butler Life Grotius xi It was the breviary of all French aspirants to political distinction.

1877 C. W. Shields Final Philos. 46 Montaigne of Bordeaux..whose sprightly ‘Essays’, more Pagan than Christian, have been styled the breviary of free-thinkers.

1878 J. Morley Diderot II. 115 She habitually called the Spirit of Laws the breviary of Kings.

c. figurative phrase matter of breviary (= matiere de breviaire, Rabelais, Pantagruel IV. viii): a thing that admits of no question or doubt.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > a certainty, fact

soothc1374

certain1377

surety?a1475

probatum1594

experient1605

certaintya1616

factum1641

matter of breviary1694

definite1726

fixity1817

a settled thing (or matter)1819

monty1894

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. viii. 35 It is written Mihi vindictam, &c. matter of breviary, Mark ye me; that's holy stuffe.

1889 Sat. Rev. 12 Jan. 29/1 It is a matter of breviary with Gladstonians that Unionist journals are not to be trusted.

1894 Sat. Rev. 27 Oct. 463 Is it not..rather matter of controversy than matter of breviary whether the distinction applies?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breviary
释义	breviaryn. Brit. /ˈbrɛvɪəri/, /ˈbriːvɪəri/, U.S. /ˈbrivjəri/, /ˈbriviˌɛri/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s breuiarie, 1600s breauarye, breaviary, breviari. Etymology: < Latin breviārium ‘summary, abridgement’, from neuter of breviārius adjective ‘abridged’, < brevis short. 1. a. A brief statement, summary, epitome. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] abbreviationa1464 summary1509 breve1523 bridgement1523 abbreviate1531 summulary1533 breviary1547 extract1549 digest1555 brief1563 promptuary1577 abbreviature1578 institute1578 breviation1580 breviate1581 compendiary1589 symbol1594 ramass1596 compendium1608 abridgement1609 digestment1610 digestion1613 epitome1623 abridge1634 comprisal1640 comprisurea1641 syntome1641 medulla1644 multum in parvo1653 contracta1657 landscape1656 comprehension1659 sylloge1686 contraction1697 résumé1782 compend1796 sum-up1848 roundup1884 wrap-up1960 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. Pref. f. vi Namynge this boke accordyng to the matter which is. The Breuyary of Healthe. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 545 Lucullus..layed a great wager..that he would write the breuiary of the warres of Marsicum in verse or prose. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 24 (margin) A breuiary of the Queene of Scots discourse. 1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. x. 224 The Navy Office, Excise Office, etc. etc., are of lesser Note than can be particularized in this Breviary. a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) Introd. 2 Hippias, the Elean..published a breviary or list of the Olympic Victors. 1801 W. Playfair (title) Statistical Breviary, showing the Resources of every State in Europe. †b. transferred and figurative; cf. epitome n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > reproducing on a smaller scale > that which is abstract1561 brief1563 scantling1576 miniaturea1586 compendium1602 compendiment1605 modelet1605 baby figure1609 breviary1609 modulet1610 microcosm1611 epitomea1616 compend1642 breviate1695 reduction1728 mini1978 1609 L. Andrewes Serm. II. 243 This little word is a breviary of all that good is. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xli. sig. P6^v In all which, he is but the great worlds Breviary. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar xv. §27 Christs discipline was the breviary of all the wisdom of the best men. 2. a. In the Roman Catholic Church, the book containing the ‘Divine Office’ for each day, which those who are in orders are bound to recite.The Office consists of psalms, collects and ‘lections’ or readings from the Scripture and the lives of the Saints. Those who are only in ‘Minor Orders’, i.e. below the grade of sub-deacon, are not required to say Office. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > breviary or office book > [noun] houra1250 journal1355 diurnal?a1550 breviary1611 horary1631 office-book1709 horologium1724 brevial1847 horae1875 hour-book1896 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 9 What alterations haue they made..of their Seruice bookes, Portesses, and Breuiaries. 1807 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) I. 25 The psalms of a breviary, or the prayers of a missal. 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics viii. 178 He recited his breviary. 1836 J. H. Newman in Tracts for Times No. 75 The word Breviarium first occurs in..the eleventh century, and is used to denote a compendium or systematic arrangement of the devotional offices of the Church.] 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 204 While breviaries and mass books were printed at Oxford under a royal licence..Baxter was in gaol; Howe was in exile. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > authoritative or standard book > [noun] authority?c1225 texta1400 authentica1475 Alcoran1550 Bible1804 breviary1826 standard1837 1826 C. Butler Life Grotius xi It was the breviary of all French aspirants to political distinction. 1877 C. W. Shields Final Philos. 46 Montaigne of Bordeaux..whose sprightly ‘Essays’, more Pagan than Christian, have been styled the breviary of free-thinkers. 1878 J. Morley Diderot II. 115 She habitually called the Spirit of Laws the breviary of Kings. c. figurative phrase matter of breviary (= matiere de breviaire, Rabelais, Pantagruel IV. viii): a thing that admits of no question or doubt. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > a certainty, fact soothc1374 certain1377 surety?a1475 probatum1594 experient1605 certaintya1616 factum1641 matter of breviary1694 definite1726 fixity1817 a settled thing (or matter)1819 monty1894 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. viii. 35 It is written Mihi vindictam, &c. matter of breviary, Mark ye me; that's holy stuffe. 1889 Sat. Rev. 12 Jan. 29/1 It is a matter of breviary with Gladstonians that Unionist journals are not to be trusted. 1894 Sat. Rev. 27 Oct. 463 Is it not..rather matter of controversy than matter of breviary whether the distinction applies? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1547
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