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octavarium

octavarium

9.9
A book of prayers and services for an eight-day church festival
  • noun
  • /ɒkˈteɪvəriəm/
  • Archaic
translation icon : octavario
  • Each day of the octave, the monks read from the octavarium during morning prayers.

Examples

  • The ancient octavarium was preserved in the monastery's library for special occasions.

  • Have you seen the new octavarium for Easter?

  • The choir director referenced the octavarium to organize the music for the entire festival week.

  • The church used an octavarium during the festival.

  • Each day of the octave, the monks read from the octavarium during morning prayers.

  • The choir director referenced the octavarium to organize the music for the entire festival week.

  • The ancient octavarium was preserved in the monastery's library for special occasions.

Surface Forms

octavarium singular
octavaria plural

Morphology

octavarium = octave (opaque) = octav + arium

The suffix 'arium' typically denotes a place or receptacle, but the specific religious context of 'octavarium' is not transparent from 'octave'.

Etymology

Octavarium comes from the Latin octavus 'eighth' and the suffix -arium 'place' or 'book'. So an octavarium is a book for an eight-day church festival, which you can remember by thinking of an octave as a group of eight.