Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Breviary \Bre"vi*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Breviaries}. [F. br['e]viarie,
   L. breviarium summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius
   abridged, fr. brevis short. See {Brief}, and cf. {Brevier}.]
   1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or
      summary.

            A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those
            roots that are to be cut up or gathered. --Holland.

   2. A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers of
      the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven
      canonical hours, namely, matins and lauds, the first,
      third, sixth, and ninth hours, vespers, and compline; --
      distinguished from the missal.