Antiphonary: alternatives and connections

A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scalige…

A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.

A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly ap…

A book of antiphons.

The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and auth…

A betting man who "makes a book." See To make a book, under Book, n.

of Breviary

Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer o…

Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.

Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.

A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory use…

A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the com…

A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.

Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs…

A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a…

A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning of the…