Christian Church. A prayer book or devotional manual for the use of lay people. Also: a book of hours (cf. hour, n. 5). Now historical.
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释义 | society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > other books > [noun] > devotional book (5) primer1378 Christian Church. A prayer book or devotional manual for the use of lay people. Also: a book of hours (cf. hour, n. 5). Now historical. ordinarya1475 A book that sets out and records rules and practices; a devotional manual containing instructions for the conduct of life. Obsolete. rosary1525 Frequently with capital initial. Used in the title of a book of devotion, formerly frequently one incorporating the rosary (in sense 6a). diurnal?a1550 Ecclesiastical. A service-book containing the day-hours, except matins (this being a night office); †hence, a book for devotional exercises; a… Book of Hours1709 a devotional book of a type popular in the later Middle Ages, spec. one intended for private reading and meditation by the laity and containing… |
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