breviary
/ˈbriːvɪəri
/noun (plural breviaries)
A book containing the service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in the Roman Catholic Church.The Sarum breviary was reissued and ordered to be used throughout the province of Canterbury....
- I found him surrounded by scores, his breviary in his hand.
- This breviary became the basis for the one most commonly used in Taiwan today.
Origin
Late Middle English (also denoting an abridged version of the Psalms): from Latin breviarium 'summary, abridgement', from breviare 'abridge', from brevis 'short, brief'.