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porteous

porteous

English

Alternative forms

portesse [16th-17th c.]
porthors
porthos
portous

Noun

porteous ‎(plural porteouses)

(historical) A portable breviary.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iv:
  And in his hand his Portesse still he bare, / That much was worne, but therein little red, / For of deuotion he had little care [...].