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

Concealed in his saddlebags he carried a Mass kit and a Latin breviary.

From Time Magazine Archive

His only equipment was a breviary, his Mass kit and a large parasol to protect him from the sun.

From Time Magazine Archive

I received no mail, read no newspapers and no books except my breviary and my Bible .

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