BREVIARY

the ‘prayer book’ of the R.C. Church, from which much of the Anglican Prayer Book has been compiled. It contains psalms, hymns, portions of Scripture, and commentaries from the Fathers for every day. All priests (deacons and subdeacons) and monks are obliged to say aloud in public or habe the daily portion. It is separate rom the Mi al (See Mi au and Ma ), which contains everything that pertains to the Eucharist. In the primitive Church the Bible, especially the psalms, formed the chief service book, and the B. as we have it only came into being in the CI., cent. The Roman B. is now used universally in the R.C. Church, except in Toledo, where the Moz arabic is used, and Milan, which retains the Ambrosian, and in certain religious orders (e.g. Dominican.) The B. is pub. in four vol’s, one for each season, and also in one vol. and two.