portass
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portass
- /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təs/
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From Middle English porthors, from Old French porte-hors (“a kind of portable prayer-book”).
noun portasses · portace · portas · portasse · portess · portesse
- A breviary; a prayer book. 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.
Talk about this word "portass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/portass. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. portass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/portass "portass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/portass.Cite this
@misc{portass_2026,
title = {portass},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/portass},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
