as in summary
a short statement of the main points
a speech that could serve as a breviary for impeachment
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Recent Examples of breviary
Books of Hours are breviaries, or a selection of prayers and psalms taken from long prayer books used by monks.
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Brian T. Allen, National Review, 28 Jan. 2020
In the breviary-like Logia of Yeshua, Davenport and his coauthor, Benjamin Urrutia, assembled everything reportedly spoken by Jesus.
—Michael Dirda, National Review, 25 July 2019
Brian T. Allen, National Review, 28 Jan. 2020
In the breviary-like Logia of Yeshua, Davenport and his coauthor, Benjamin Urrutia, assembled everything reportedly spoken by Jesus.
—Michael Dirda, National Review, 25 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breviary
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But Kamara left a short time later, according to the District Attorney’s Office summary of the case.Jeff Mcdonald, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The social media platform already has agreements with both companies for summaries of Reddit posts to come up in Google searches and ChatGPT responses.Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
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The stage was set for the Fourth, whose five movements add up to a summa of Bartók’s art, by turns tenaciously labored, sinuously swirling, nocturnally eerie, pizzicato-punchy, and flat-out wild.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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Alas, Dostoevsky — all of whose major characters clearly embody aspects of his own extremist personality — died in 1881, shortly after completing this summa of his most deeply felt themes and obsessions.Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
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As with the exterior, there are plenty of Tiffany Green accents, including on the headliner, which features an outline of the Yas Marina circuit where the Abu Dhabi GP is held.Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
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The steel support along the bottom acts as an outline of sorts, creating a fun visual when caught from a neighboring room.Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Breviary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breviary. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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