How To Pronounce “breviary”?

[ChemicalBean]

Thanks everybody for chiming in! I’m just as confused as before but it’s nice to know everyone else is too I think I will just say it one way pretty fast and hope it works.

 

[christofirst]

This reminds me, when we pray the Confiteor prayer at Mass, one of our priests always pronounces “grievous” as “greev-ee-ous.” I thought to myself, am I pronouncing it wrong? But no, apparently he’s pronouncing it in an older, arcane way.

 

[Joe_5859]

Coincidentally enough, where I went to Mass last Sunday, the priest used the word “brieviary” in his homily.

He pronounced it BREE-vuh-ree.

 

[White_Peony]

“breviary” rhymes with “thievery”

It is thievery to steal a breviary!

 

[OraLabora]

Bréviaire or Brrreyveeairrre

With rolled "r"s

Sorry, I almost never use the term in English. But when I do it’s breh-vee-air-ey