Helen Fenton

Brevet: Definition and part of speech

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Brevet

  1. n. A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.
  2. n. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage].

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Breviary: Definition and part of speech

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Breviary

  1. n. 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.
  2. n. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Breviate: Definition and part of speech

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Breviate

  1. v. t. To abbreviate.
  2. n. A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.
  3. n. A lawyer’s brief.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.