Breviary, a book containing the daily services in the Roman Catholic Church and corresponding to the English Prayer-Book; differs from the “Missal,” which gives the services connected with the celebration of the Eucharist, and the “Pontifical,” which gives those for special occasions.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Brevet` * Brewer, John Sherren