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Definition of Lectionary
1. n. A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.
Definition of Lectionary
1. Noun. A book or listing that contains a collection of readings for Christian worship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lectionary
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Medical Definition of Lectionary
1. Origin: LL. Lectionarium, lectionarius: cf. F. Lectionnaire. A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lectionary
Literary usage of Lectionary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1885)
"ON A MANUSCRIPT SYRIAC lectionary. Br PROF. ... or lectionary* that is, the
ordinary Gospel lessons for the fasts, feasts, Sundays, and Saturdays of the ..."
2. Journal of Theological Studies (1905)
"Marshall, the Palestinian lectionary and the Bohairic agree in company with other
... Marshall as shewing a special connexion between the lectionary and the ..."
3. The Training of Children in Religion by George Hodges (1911)
"CHAPTER XI A HOUSEHOLD lectionary difficulties which attend the in- struction of
children in the Bible arise not only from the nature of the book but from ..."
4. Notes on the Early History of the Vulgate Gospels by John Chapman (1908)
"Neapolitan additions to a Gallican lectionary. Can we discover how much was added
at Naples to the liturgy brought from Lerins? ..."
5. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1885)
"This leaf originally formed part of a lectionary, and appears to have been the outer
... lectionary ..."
6. Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1854)
"Regia) — Fragment of lectionary (Harleian) — Vulgate (MSS. Regia) — Office of
the Virgin (Biblia Regia) — Ditto (Harleian, 2900) —MS. of a religious poem ..."
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