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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Portassnoun
A breviary; a prayer book.
Etymology: sometimes called portuis, and by Geoffrey Chaucer porthose.
In his hand his portesse still he bare,
That much was worn, but therein little red;
For of devotion he had little care. Fairy Queen.An old priest 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. William Camden.
Webster Dictionary
Portassnoun
a breviary; a prayer book
Etymology: [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of portass in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of portass in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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