Portass
//ˈpɔː(ɹ)təs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A breviary; a prayer book. Early, Modern, obsolete
"an old Priest in that age, which always read in his Portass, Mumpsimus Domine for Sumpsimus; whereof when he was admonished, he said that he now had used Mumpsimus thirty years, and would not leave his old Mumpsimus for their new Sumpsimus."
Example
More examples"an old Priest in that age, which always read in his Portass, Mumpsimus Domine for Sumpsimus; whereof when he was admonished, he said that he now had used Mumpsimus thirty years, and would not leave his old Mumpsimus for their new Sumpsimus."
Etymology
From Middle English porthors, from Old French porte-hors (“a kind of portable prayer-book”).
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