lectionary Eccl.
(ˈlɛkʃənərɪ)
(Also in Lat. form.)
[ad. eccl. L. lectiōnāri-um, f. L. lectiōn-em lection n.: see -ary. Cf. F. lectionnaire.]
A book containing ‘lessons’ or portions of Scripture appointed to be read at divine service; also, the list of passages appointed to be so read.
| 1780 T. Warton Life Sir T. Pope (ed. 2) 337 note, [The] lectionary contained all the lessons, whether from scripture, or other books, which were directed to be read in the course of the year. 1790 R. Porson Lett. to Travis 153 A Gallic Lectionary, which is reputed to be now about 1200 years old, and contains the entire epistle of John, except the three heavenly witnesses. 1802 Ranken Hist. France II. ii. 197 They should be furnished with a mass-book, a lectionarium, or book of lessons. 1846 W. Maskell Mon. Rit. I. p. xxv, Among the Lambeth MSS. there is an English Lectionary. 1865 Ld. Lyttelton in Englishman's Mag. Feb. 167 The question of our Lectionary generally, or of the selection of Lessons to be read in Church on Sundays and on other days. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms s.v. Missal, Before the offices were combined in a single volume, several books were necessary, the Sacramentary, Lectionary, Antiphonary, and others. |