/bree"vee er'ee, brev"ee-/ , n. , pl. breviaries .
1. Rom. Cath. Ch. a book containing all the daily psalms, hymns, prayers, lessons, etc., necessary for reciting the office.
2. a book of daily prayers and readings in some other churches.
[ 1540-50; breviarium an abridgment. See BREVI-, -ARY ]