Lectionary

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A book or list of lections to be read at church services during the year.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A book or listing that contains a collection of readings for Christian worship.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A book for use in religious worship, containing portions of Scripture to be read for particular days: same as epistolary.
  • n. A table of lessons or portions of Scripture for particular days.
  • Word Usage
    "This wider signification is, however, perhaps the less usual, and in practice the term lectionary is more commonly used to denote one of two things: (1) the book containing the collection of Scriptural readings which are chanted by the deacon, subdeacon, or a lector during Mass;"
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