Brevier

. Said to derive its name from extensive use in printing Roman Catholic Breviaries or prayer books, although this definition is now questioned. We know that our trade owes many of its restrictions to clerical influence as well as some of its privi­leges to their assistance, and of course we have used some technical names as tokens of remem­brance. For instance, chapel, justify, monks, friars, etc. In Germany it is called “jungfer,” signifying “maiden letter,” on account of its comeliness.