1. a book containing the daily prayers and readings used by Catholic priests and other clergy
Usage: religious
2. a brief summary or abridgment of a larger work
Usage: formal

Examples

• The priest opened his breviary to read the morning prayers.
• Father Martinez carried his breviary with him on his travels.
• The monks gathered in the chapel with their breviaries for evening prayer.
• She consulted her breviary before leading the service.
• The scholar published a breviary of medieval philosophy.
• This breviary contains the essential points of the legal code.