- breviary
[breviary 词源字典]
- breviary: see brief
[breviary etymology, breviary origin, 英语词源] - breviary (n.)
- 1540s, "brief statement;" sense of "short prayer book used by Catholic priests" is from 1610s, from Latin breviarium "summary," noun use of neuter of adjective breviarius "abridged," from breviare "to shorten, abbreviate," from brevis "short" (see brief (adj.)).