livro de horas

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Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “book of hours”.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.vɾu d͡ʒi ˈɔ.ɾɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈli.vɾu d͡ʒi ˈɔ.ɾɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.vɾo de ˈɔ.ɾas/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈli.vɾu ˈd‿ɔ.ɾɐʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈli.bɾu ˈd‿ɔ.ɾɐʃ/

Noun

livro de horas m (plural livros de horas)

(religion) breviary (devotional with prayers of the canonical hours and other texts of worship)

Further reading

“livro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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