Etymology

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Today it means: A breviary; a prayer book. Full definition →

Middle English porthors ← Old French porte-hors
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  1. Old French · derived fromporte-hors“a kind of portable prayer-book”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromporthors
  3. English todayportass

From Middle English porthors, from Old French porte-hors (“a kind of portable prayer-book”).

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