Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A service-book; a book containing religious offices or services.
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Examples
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I found that the old French office-book had been completely banished from the French churches by the Jesuit and Ultramontane party, and the
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The Menaia usually in twelve volumes, one to each month, but sometimes bound in three, form an office-book, which in the Greek Church, corresponds, though very roughly, to the Proprium Sanctorum of the Breviary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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So he beat himself on the breast once more, and took up his office-book.
Lord of the World Robert Hugh Benson 1892
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She seemed to come with a serious countenance, and pointed to the Office for the Dead in an office-book, which she appeared to hold in her hand.
Purgatory Mrs. James Sadlier 1861
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It was furnished poorly with a narrow cot bed, a wooden stool, and a small stand, upon which lay the office-book of the abbess, and above which hung the crucifix.
The Lost Lady of Lone Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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There all their engagements were written down in the office-book, and the Consul was our judge.
The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845
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It was of an unusual character, and, taken together with the small office-book he held in his hand, plainly showed Charles that he was opposite a Roman ecclesiastic.
Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert John Henry Newman 1845
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Your handwriting is a very bad one, and would make a scurvy figure in an office-book of letters, or even in a lady's pocket-book.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Your handwriting is a very bad one, and would make a scurvy figure in an office-book of letters, or even in a lady's pocket-book.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Your handwriting is a very bad one, and would make a scurvy figure in an office-book of letters, or even in a lady’s pocket-book.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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