Porthose

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Portass \Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so
     called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.]
     A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously {portace},
     {portasse}, {portesse}, {portise}, {porthose}, {portos},
     {portus}, {portuse}, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
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           By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.
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