BREVIARY Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

breviary

noun

ˈbrē-və-rē

Definition of breviary

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. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 28 Jan. 2020

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Noun

OpenAI says the summary may not display every detail the system can draw from your past conversations.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
The full results of that investigation were never made public, only a summary.

— Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of summary

Noun

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
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

Definition of summa

Noun

Draft the outline, check the requirement, and give your vision a workable sequence.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
The plan offers a broad outline of where the stadium would be placed, where existing buildings could be renovated, where new buildings could be built and where plaza areas could be added in Crown Center.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026

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