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
Brian T. Allen, National Review, 28 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breviary
Noun
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Residents were initially given a two-page summary.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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The final sequence was a perfect summary of the Horned Frogs’ weaknesses, as an improved defense struggled yet again to get off the field on crucial downs.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The painting is a mini summa of two key tendencies running through Shahn’s work: self-quotation and cheekiness.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
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Rabelais points out that there are oddities in the world that cannot fit into any classification scheme, more things in our heaven and earth than are dreamt of in either the medieval pretensions of the summa or the ambitious early modern bibliographic machines.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Longreads,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Advertisement But that’s the outline.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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According to Jin, the project is currently in the scene outline stage.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Breviary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breviary. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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