breviary

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He had a worn leather breviary stuffed with prayers and Mass cards he’d been collecting for years, and he read through them all at the dining-room table every night during the 11 o’clock news.

From New York Times • May 26, 2020

After that he exercises by walking along the Apostolic Palace's rooftop terrace while reciting the rosary and reading his breviary.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the request of their priests, some bishops will push for a drastic shortening of the breviary, the collections of psalms, verses and readings that ordained clerics must recite every day.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the cover of the black volumes were the arms of the Cardinal Patriarch of Venice: the breviary was bought in 1956.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, breviary in hand, one of the female teachers led us in singing hymns and reciting psalms.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane