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portuary

portuary noun: a portable breviary; a porteous.

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

Forms of portuary

pluralportuaries

Questions about portuary

What does portuary mean?
Portuary means a portable breviary; a porteous.
What part of speech is portuary?
Portuary is a noun.
What is the plural of portuary?
The plural of portuary is portuaries.

Words near portuary in the dictionary

  1. Portstewart
  2. portsweep
  3. portsweeps
  4. Portswood
  5. portuaries
  6. portuary
  7. Portug.
  8. portugais
  9. Portugal
  10. Portugal Cove South
  11. Portugal Cove-St. Philip's

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