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portuaries

portuaries is the plural of portuary.

Meaning of portuary

Noun

portuary (plural portuaries)

  1. (obsolete) A portable breviary; a porteous.
    • The Queen's private devotions […] which she performed after the custom of her Religion out of her own portuary, with her beads and crucifix, sometimes in the Latin, and sometimes in the English tongue.1823, John Nichols, The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth

Questions about portuaries

What is portuaries the plural of?
Portuaries is the plural of portuary.

Words near portuaries in the dictionary

  1. Portsoy
  2. Portstewart
  3. portsweep
  4. portsweeps
  5. Portswood
  6. portuaries
  7. portuary
  8. Portug.
  9. portugais
  10. Portugal
  11. Portugal Cove South

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